Epictetus

Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make it. If short, of a short one; if long, of a long one.

Epictetus

Restrict yourself to choice and refusal; and exercise them carefully, with discipline and detachment.

Epictetus

Ruin and recovering are both from within.

Epictetus

Silence is safer than speech.

Epictetus

So what oppresses and scares us? It is our own thoughts, obviously, What overwhelms people when they are about to leaves friends, family, old haunts and their accustomed way of life? Thoughts.

Epictetus

Stop honouring externals, quit turning yourself into the tool of mere matter, or of people who can supply you or deny you those material things.

Epictetus

Take care not to hurt the ruling faculty of your mind. If you were to guard against this in every action, you should enter upon those actions more safely.

Epictetus

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Epictetus

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

Epictetus

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can’t regulate.

Epictetus