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.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. ~ Epictetus

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness

Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, “He who is content.

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?

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.

If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Do not try to seem wise to others.

Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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.

To accuse others for one's own misfortune 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.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

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

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

Only the educated are free.