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

“Don't fear the gods,”

“If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.”

“The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.”

“I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)”

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

“Death means nothing to us”

“For wordsmiths and masters of words, without necessarily being harsh with words, the words have a tendency to shoot straight to the hearts of people, and this either deeply touches them or deeply angers them. Like the apostles in all their loving controversies are those who are masters of words while combining this gift with truth.”

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give values to survival.”

“Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare's? But if his eyes were broad as the lens of Herschel's great telescope; and his ears capacious as the porches of cathedrals; would that make him any longer of sight, or sharper of hearing? Not at all.—Why then do you try to "enlarge" your mind? Subtilize it”

“He was a philosopher, if you know what that was.’”

“What are we doing to each other? Because I know that I am doing to him exactly what he is doing to me. We are sometimes so happy, and never in our lives have we known more unhappiness.”