Quotes by Epictetus

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

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

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

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

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

"God has entrusted me with myself."

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

"It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it."

"Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant."

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

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

"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way."

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."