More quotes by Epictetus

"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!’."
"Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening."
"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."
"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."
"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."