Epictetus
Biography
Epictetus (c. 55 – 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his *Discourses* and *Enchiridion*. **Source**: [Epictetus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus) on Wikipedia.
Quotes from Epictetus
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
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"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will."
37
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
38
"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him."
39
"Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself."
40
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
41
"Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you."
42
"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.'"
43
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
152
"No man is free who is not a master of himself."
406
"The only true disability is the inability to accept challenges."
413
"The wise man sees his difficulties as a challenge and not as a stumbling block."
414
"We should always be asking ourselves: Is this something that is, or is not, in my control?"
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