Philosophy Quote by Epictetus — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.”

“As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.”

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

“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”

“For in this Case, 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.”

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

“There is a terrible beauty to isolation. You don’t have to accept responsibility for others, or live up to their expectations. You could dip your toe into humanity’s maelstrom from time to time, or sit on the river bank and observe.”

“TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little,”

“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”

“Treaty with Tripoli, Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;”

“Love is a cowboy's hardest ride.”

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”