Top 65 Quotes by Epictetus

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

Only the educated are free.

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

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.