Epictetus Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

  Epictetus

  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Wisdom

• He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

  Epictetus

  Positive, Happiness, Thank You

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.48, Courier Corporation

• It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

  Epictetus

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

• He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

  Epictetus

  God, Wisdom, Exercise

  Epictetus (1877). “The Discourses of Epictetus: With the Encheiridion and Fragments”, p.433

• The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

  Epictetus

  Wisdom, Philosophical, Men

• Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fall

  Epictetus (2009). “The Enchiridion, or Handbook: With A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus”, p.41, The Floating Press

• We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Disturbed

• From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.

  Epictetus

  Wisdom, Fun, Practice

• These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

  Epictetus

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

• It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.

  Epictetus

  Wisdom, Impossible, Should

  Epictetus (1928). “The Discourses as Reported by Arrian ; the Manual, and Fragments”

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