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

“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

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

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“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.”

“Do you think you wear a mask?’”

“اما هر کار می‌کنی، از فلسفه نمیر.”

“Your principle should be to see everything and say nothing. The world changes so rapidly that if you want to get on you cannot afford to align yourself with any person or point of view.”

“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.”

“The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.”

“Truth, says instrumentalism, is what works out, that which does what you expect it to do. The judgment is true when you can "bank" on it and not be disappointed. If, when you predict, or when you follow the lead of your idea or plan, it brings you to the ends sought for in the beginning, your judgment is true. It does not consist in agreement of ideas, or the agreement of ideas with an outside reality; neither is it an eternal something which always is, but it is a name given to ways of thinking which get the thinker where he started. As a railroad ticket is a "true" one when it lands the passenger at the station he sought, so is an idea "true," not when it agrees with something outside, but when it gets the thinker successfully to the end of his intellectual journey.”