More quotes by Epictetus

"Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort."
"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."
"As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new."
"When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’."
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."