Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes by Epictetus

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
- Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
- Epictetus
No man is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
- Epictetus
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
- Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
- Epictetus