Quotes from Epictetus

We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Confident because of our caution

It is difficulties that show what men are

There is nothing good or evil save in the will

A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a singe hope.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking, and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope.

Ruin and recovery are both from within.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

God has entrusted me with myself.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.