Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Category Archive: Epictetus
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.