Epictetus | Stoic Philosopher 📖
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Sharing quotes by Epictetus, who rose from slavery to become a philosopher, offering timeless wisdom on Stoicism and philosophy.
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“In banquets remember that you entertain two guests, body and soul: and whatever you shall have given to the body you soon eject: but what you shall have given to the soul, you keep always.”
"God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself..."
"Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them."
“We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.
“For sheep don't throw up the grass to show the shepherds how much they have eaten; but, inwardly digesting their food, they outwardly produce wool and milk.”
“It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens.”
"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to."
“Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.”
“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
Epictetus said this and I haven’t looked at hardship the same since.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
"If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods."
“Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.”