If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found the Truth, you need not fear being defeated. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “The question at stake is no common one…”
The question at stake is no common one. It is, “Are we in our right sense or are we not?” Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “Have you again forgotten?…”
Have you again forgotten? Don’t you know that a good man does nothing for the sake of appearances, only for the sake of what is right? Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “A philosopher’s school is a hospital…”
A philosopher’s school is a hospital. You should feel discomfort, not pleasure, in it, for on entering, no one is well and whole. One has a disjointed shoulder, another a wound, a third suffers from a cut, and a fourth has a headache. Am I then to sit down and give you a treat of pretty words and empty sentiments, […]
Epictetus Quote – “Let other people labor at debates…”
Let other people labor at debates and difficulties and arguments. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “He is free who lives…”
He is free who lives as he wishes to live. He is the man who cannot suffer injury, who cannot be hindered or compelled, whose impulses are not blocked, whose desires attain their purpose, who does not fall into whatever he wishes to avoid… So, no wicked man lives like this, and so he is not free. Epictetus (55 – […]
Epictetus Quote – “Diogenes was free. How so?…”
Diogenes was free. How so? Not because he was of free parentage, for that was not the case, but because he was himself a free man. He had cast aside every handle by which he might be enslaved… All things sat loosely upon him, all things were attached by slender ties. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “The first business…”
The first business of the philosopher is to part with self-conceit. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “No great thing is created suddenly…”
No great 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. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)
Epictetus Quote – “If a man is a good judge…”
If a man is a good judge of silver, he will know, for the coin will tell its own story. Epictetus (55 – 135 A.D.)