Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. - Epictetus. View more images...
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. - Epictetus. View more images...
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. - Epictetus. View more images...
Only the educated are free. - Epictetus. View more images...
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. - Epictetus. View more images...
There is nothing good or evil save in the will. - Epictetus. View more images...
No man is free who is not a master of himself. - Epictetus. View more images...
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. - Epictetus. View more images...
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. - Epictetus. View more images...
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. - Epictetus. View more images...