【英文】Epictetus的77句话充满坚忍主义智慧
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<h2>77 Epictetus Quotes That Are Full Of Stoic Wisdom</h2><br>
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<p>Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who lived from 50 – 135 AD.</p>
<p>He was born as a slave to a wealthy household in Hierapolis
(present-day Pamukkale in Turkey), later obtaining his freedom shortly
after emperor Nero’s death and started teaching philosophy in Rome for
nearly 25 years. </p>
<p>When emperor Domitian famously banished all philosophers in Rome,
Epictetus fled to Nicopolis in Greece where he founded a philosophy
school and taught there until his death.</p>
<p>Epictetus adhered to Stocism and while a great starting point is
definitely these quotes by Epictetus, you can also check out his <em>Enchiridion</em>,
which translates as a ‘small manual or a handbook’ and it is exactly
that. It’s packed with short Stoic maxims and principles. A much more
committed read would be <em>Epictetus’ Discourses</em>.</p>
<p>In addition to Epictetus, Stoicism’s most famous adherents were the Roman Emperor <a href="https://www.succeedfeed.com/marcus-aurelius-quotes/">Marcus Aurelius</a> (121 AD – 180 AD), who was greatly influenced by Epictetus and the Roman statesman <a href="https://www.succeedfeed.com/seneca-quotes/">Seneca</a> (4 BC – 65 AD). </p>
<p>For now though I hope you enjoy this collection of Epictetus quotes that are packed with wisdom.</p><br>
<h2 ><strong>77 Epictetus Quotes</strong></h2>
<p>1. “The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his
happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>2. “People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>3. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>4. “The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong></p>
<p>5. “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>6. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>7. “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>8. “Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>9. “We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>10. “Only the educated are free.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>11. “Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>12. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>13. “It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>14. “First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>15. “Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>16. “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>17. “If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>18. “If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>19. “It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>20. “If you wish to be a writer, write.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>21. “The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>22. “Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>23. “If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>24. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>25. “No man is free who is not master of himself.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>26. “Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich,
for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the
ignorant.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>27. “If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>28. “It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>29. “No great thing is created suddenly.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>30. “All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>31. “Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>32. “When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and
study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>33. “All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his own way.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>34. “To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of
education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To
accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is
complete.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>35. “Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your
wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>36. “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>37. “Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>38. “Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>39. “It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>40. “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>41. “Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>42. “We are not privy to the stories behind people’s actions, so we
should be patient with others and suspend judgement of them, recognizing
the limits of our understanding.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>43. “In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>44. “These reasoning’s are unconnected: “I am richer than you,
therefore I am better”; “I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am
better.” The connection is rather this: “I am richer than you, therefore
my property is greater than yours;” “I am more eloquent than you,
therefore my style is better than yours.” But you, after all, are
neither property nor style.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>45. “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>46. “Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you
have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective
person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very
helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made
progress simply by having internalized their contents.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>47. “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>48. “Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of
what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter
what is going on around you.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>49. “He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>50. “Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>51. “Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can
anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>52. “It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>53. “It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>54. “Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one
principle. Some things are within your control. And some things are
not.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>55. “Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>56. “If you want any good, get it from within.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>57. “Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>58. “Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the
habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their
interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting
events.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>59. “It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an
extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly
identify the kind of person you aspire to become.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>60. “A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to
tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong
and without care.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>61. “Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your
own will is always within your control. Sickness may challenge your
body. But are you merely your body? Lameness may impede your legs. But
your are not merely your legs. Your will is bigger than your legs. Your
will needn’t be affected by an incident unless you let it.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>62. “Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn
inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we
endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>63. “Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t
sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive
attitudes through your associations with others.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>64. “I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know
who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the
things which are really mine and with which I live.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>65. “Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>66. “It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which
we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is
terrible only if we fear it.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>67. “No one is ever unhappy because of someone else.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>68. “Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You
aren’t a child anymore…. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be
vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because
you know you are capable of better. From this instant on, vow to stop
disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be
extraordinary and do what you need to do – now.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>69. “Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>70. “We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>71. “Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own
concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and
none of yours.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>72. “Never say you are alone for you are not alone, your God and your genius is within.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>73. “Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>74. “To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not
do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>75. “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by
disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be
anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your
control.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>76. “You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for
choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong> </p>
<p>77. “Who is your master? Anyone who has control over things upon
which you’ve set your heart, or over things which you seek to avoid.” – <strong>Epictetus</strong></p><br>
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