If it should ever happen to you to be turned to externals in order to please some person, you must know that you have lost your purpose in life.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If it should ever happen to you to be turned to externals in order to please some person, you must know that you have lost your purpose in life.
the World turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
the World turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
Every circumstance comes with two handles, which one of which you can hold it, while with the other conditions are insupportable.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Every circumstance comes with two handles, which one of which you can hold it, while with the other conditions are insupportable.
If you must be affected by other people's misfortunes, show them pity instead of contempt. Drop this readiness to hate and take offence.
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you must be affected by other people's misfortunes, show them pity instead of contempt. Drop this readiness to hate and take offence.
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
Resistance is vain in any case; it only leads to useless struggle while inviting grief and sorrow.
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Resistance is vain in any case; it only leads to useless struggle while inviting grief and sorrow.
I want to die, even though I don't have to.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I want to die, even though I don't have to.
It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.
I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;
When you find your direction, check to make sure that it is the right one.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
When you find your direction, check to make sure that it is the right one.
In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one.
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one.
If you wish to be a writer; write! Send quote to a friend Epictetus (50-120) Greek philosopher.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you wish to be a writer; write! Send quote to a friend Epictetus (50-120) Greek philosopher.
Follow your principles as though they were laws. Do not worry if others criticize or laugh at you, for their opinions are not your concern.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Follow your principles as though they were laws. Do not worry if others criticize or laugh at you, for their opinions are not your concern.
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. IX
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. IX
If you win the adoration of others by pretending to be someone you’re not, you may gain celebrity or high office—but you will lose out on the fulfillment of a life best-suited to your attributes and abilities.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you win the adoration of others by pretending to be someone you’re not, you may gain celebrity or high office—but you will lose out on the fulfillment of a life best-suited to your attributes and abilities.
Whatever your mission, stick by it as if it were a law and you would be committing sacrilege to betray it. Pay no attention to whatever people might say; this no longer should influence you.
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Whatever your mission, stick by it as if it were a law and you would be committing sacrilege to betray it. Pay no attention to whatever people might say; this no longer should influence you.
If you are told that someone is talking badly of you, don’t defend yourself against the story but reply: “Obviously he didn’t know my other faults, or he would have mentioned them as well.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you are told that someone is talking badly of you, don’t defend yourself against the story but reply: “Obviously he didn’t know my other faults, or he would have mentioned them as well.
If you decide to do something, don't shrink from being seen doing it, even if the majority of people disapprove. If you're wrong to do it, then you should shrink from doing it altogether; but if you're right, then why worry how people will judge you?
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you decide to do something, don't shrink from being seen doing it, even if the majority of people disapprove. If you're wrong to do it, then you should shrink from doing it altogether; but if you're right, then why worry how people will judge you?
Whatever moral rules you have deliberately proposed to yourself. abide by them as they were laws, and as if you would be guilty of impiety by violating any of them. Don’t regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Whatever moral rules you have deliberately proposed to yourself. abide by them as they were laws, and as if you would be guilty of impiety by violating any of them. Don’t regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.
If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.
who is your master? Whoever has authority over anything that you’re anxious to gain or avoid.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
who is your master? Whoever has authority over anything that you’re anxious to gain or avoid.
Check your passions that you may not be punished by them.
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Check your passions that you may not be punished by them.
Why are you pestering me, pal? My own evils are enough for me.
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Why are you pestering me, pal? My own evils are enough for me.