Top 15 Epictetus Quotes

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

You become what you give your attention to.

If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid.

If the conditions don’t suit you, leave.

Devote the rest of your life to making progress.

If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.

"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.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

It's impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

You are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be.

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Whatever happens, I can derive some benefit from it.