Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.Epictetus
Epictetus Quotes on Wisdom
Epictetus on wisdom: 25 quotes, pulled from the QuotePlace Wisdom collection and gathered here. Read them together and a theme emerges that the full author page can bury. About the author: Epictetus (50–135) — Stoic philosopher.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.Epictetus
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.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
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonourable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.Epictetus
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.Epictetus
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.Epictetus
No man is free who is not master of himself.Epictetus
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.Epictetus
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.Epictetus
One that desires to excel should endeavour in those things that are in themselves most excellent.Epictetus
Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.Epictetus
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.Epictetus
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.Epictetus
Do not say of anything that 'I have lost it,' but that 'I have given it back.'Epictetus
Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.Epictetus
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them.Epictetus
Only the educated are free.Epictetus
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.Epictetus
Circumstances do not make the man, they only reveal him to himself.Epictetus
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.Epictetus
Nothing great 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.Epictetus
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.Epictetus
Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.Epictetus