INSPIRATIONAL EPICTETUS QUOTES

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

“Difficulties are things that show a person’s character.”

“No man is free who is not a master of himself.”

“Only the educated are free.”

“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.”

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.”

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, ‘He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.'”

“We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.”

“Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well.” FUNNY RELAXATION QUOTES

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

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

“People are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.”

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

“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.”

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”

“Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee.”

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

“He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.”

“It is inevitable that life will be not just very short but very miserable for those who acquire by great toil what they must keep by greater toil.”