You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
Epictetus
847 notes
·
View notes
We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgment about them.
Epictetus
486 notes
·
View notes
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
-Epictetus
297 notes
·
View notes
As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so you also should not wait for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do your duty; but do good of your own accord, and you will be loved like the sun.
Epictetus, Fragments
671 notes
·
View notes
“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
— Epictetus
180 notes
·
View notes
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
Epictetus
148 notes
·
View notes
First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.
Epictetus
167 notes
·
View notes
“As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so you also should not wait for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do your duty; but do good of your own accord, and you will be loved like the sun.”
― Epictetus, Fragments
131 notes
·
View notes
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
Epictetus
60 notes
·
View notes
Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.
Epictetus, Discourses
263 notes
·
View notes