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

“Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”

“The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as “Do not lie.” Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, “How does this prove it? What exactly is a proof, what is logical inference, what is contradiction, what is truth, what is falsehood?” Thus, the third field is necessary because of the second, and the second because of the first. The most important, though, the one that should occupy most of our time, is the first. But we do just the opposite. We are preoccupied with the third field and give that all our attention, passing the first by altogether. The result is that we lie – but have no difficulty proving why we shouldn’t.”

“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonourable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.”

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

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

“Nu pot fi eu insumi decat daca ma inalt pana la furie sau cobor pana la descurajare: la nivelul meu obisnuit, ignor faptul ca exist.”

“Religion is the perception of that power which constructs the greatness of the centuries out of the paltriness of the hours.”

“Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?”

“Whenever you do something holy, you're improving one of the gods?”

“Latter-day capitalism. Like it or not, it's the society we live in. Even the standard of right and wrong has been subdivided, made sophisticated. Within good, there's fashionable good and unfashionable good, and ditto for bad. Within fashionable good, there's formal and then there's casual; there's hip, there's cool, there's trendy, there's snobbish. Mix 'n' match. Like pulling on a Missoni sweater over Trussardi slacks and Pollini shoes, you can now enjoy hybrid styles of morality. It's the way of the world -- philosophy starting to look more and more like business administration.”