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

“Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.”

“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”

“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

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

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”

“The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.”

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”

“Chaos and Order are not enemies, only opposites.”