Epictetus

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

— Epictetus

#consists #few #great #having #possessions

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will. ↗

— Epictetus

#way-to-be #worry

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. ↗

— Epictetus

#philosophy #philosophical

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

— Epictetus

#motivational

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems ↗

— Epictetus

#mankind #imagination

All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way. ↗

— Epictetus

#every man #get #heaven #his #man

Only the educated are free. ↗

— Epictetus

#educated #free #only

No man is free who is not master of himself. ↗

— Epictetus

#himself #man #master #who

I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment? ↗

— Epictetus

#death #happiness #life #positivity #death

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. ↗

— Epictetus

#diet