in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Quotes by Epictetus
That was a good reply which Diogenes made to a man who asked him for letters of recommendation: that you are a man, he will know when he sees you; whether a good or bad one, he will know if he has any skill in discerning the good or bad. But if he has none, he will never know, though I write him a thousand times.
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The reason why I lost my lamp was that the thief was superior to me in vigilance. He paid however this price for the lamp, that in exchange for it he consented to become a thief: in exchange for it, to become faithless.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Books)
It is not reasonings that are wanted now; for there are books stuffed full of stoical reasonings.
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Shall I show you the muscular training of a philosopher? "What muscles are those?" A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
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Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Job)
The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant.
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In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person: in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them. Whereas Socrates used to say that we should never lead a life not subjected to examination.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals. What would you have, oh man?
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