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."
"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone."
"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."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"Only the educated are free."