“Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.”
Epictetus Quotes · Page 2
50 – 135
Greek Stoic philosopher born into slavery who became one of antiquity's most influential thinkers. His teachings, recorded by his student Arrian, emphasize personal freedom through mastery of one's own mind.
40 quotesAbout Epictetus on Wikipedia
“To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable.”
“Materials are indifferent, but the use which we make of them is not a matter of indifference.”
“Why, what is weeping and sighing? A judgement. What is misfortune? A judgement.”
“It was for this that I've been training myself, it was for this that I was practising.”
“Do you suppose that you can do the things you do now, and yet be a philosopher?”
“Little is needed to ruin and upset everything, only a slight aberration from reason.”
“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”
“If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on his way, you would certainly be angry.”
