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

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”

“God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.”

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

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

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

“When Coleridge tried to define beauty, he returned always to one deep thought; beauty, he said, is unity in variety! Science is nothing else than the search to discover unity in the wild variety of nature,—or, more exactly, in the variety of our experience. Poetry, painting, the arts are the same search, in Coleridge’s phrase, for unity in variety.”

“You cannot be remade unless you are first broken.”

“Nessuno, mai, riesce a dare l'esatta misura di ciò che pensa, di ciò che soffre, della necessità che lo incalza, e la parola umana è spesso come un pentolino di latta su cui andiamo battendo melodie da far ballare gli orsi mentre vorremmo intenerire le stelle.”

“...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”

“Percayalah, bila kamu tidak dapat mengalihkan perhatian pada hal lain yang fana..., dan hanya memikirkan kehidupan itu sendiri, kamu akan gila: karena ia akan mengalahkan dan merendahkanmu secara perlahan.”