Epictetus

Everyone’s life is a warfare, and that long and various.

Epictetus

Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.

Epictetus

Fight against yourself, recover yourself to decency, to modesty, to freedom. And, in the first place, condemn your actions; but when you have condemned them, do not despair of yourself. For both ruin and recovery are from within.

Epictetus

For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.

Epictetus

Fortify yourself with contentment for this is an impregnable fortress.

Epictetus

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Epictetus

God has entrusted me with myself.

Epictetus

Grammar will tell you how to write; but whether to write or not, grammar will not tell.

Epictetus

Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.

Epictetus

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

Epictetus