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Epictetus<\/a> was born nearly 2,000 years ago in Hierapolis (present-day Pamukkale in Turkey) as a slave in a wealthy household. Later, Epictetus obtained his freedom shortly after emperor Nero\u2019s death and started teaching philosophy in Rome for nearly 25 years. This lasted until emperor Domitian famously banished all philosophers in Rome. Epictetus fled to Nicopolis in Greece where he founded a philosophy school and taught there until his death.<\/p>\n

A great starting point for Epictetus would be his Enchiridion<\/a>, which translates as a \u2018small manual or a handbook\u2019 and it is exactly that. \u00a0It is the perfect introduction to Epictetus as it is packed with short Stoic maxims and principles.\u00a0The next step would be Epictetus\u2019 Discourses<\/a>, which are much longer and deserve a bigger commitment.<\/p>\n

Below are 10 of our favorite quotes from the former slave. For more information on Epictetus, see our article “Who Is Epictetus? From Slave To World\u2019s Most Sought After Philosopher<\/a>“<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“No man is free who is not master of himself.” – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Who is your master? Anyone who has control over things upon which you\u2019ve set your heart, or over things which you seek to avoid.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cYou are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cCircumstances don\u2019t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe are not privy to the stories behind people\u2019s actions, so we should be patient with others and suspend judgement of them, recognizing the limits of our understanding.\u201d – Epictetus <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cIn prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cDeliberate much before saying or doing anything, for you will not have the power of recalling what is said or done.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cIt isn\u2019t the events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgements about them.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span>
\n\u201cTo make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it occurs.\u201d – Epictetus<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Epictetus was born nearly 2,000 years ago in Hierapolis (present-day Pamukkale in Turkey) as a slave in a wealthy household. Later, Epictetus obtained his freedom shortly after emperor Nero\u2019s death and started teaching philosophy in Rome for nearly 25 years. This lasted until emperor Domitian famously banished all philosophers in Rome. Epictetus fled to Nicopolis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nEpictetus Quotes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Epictetus Quotes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Epictetus was born nearly 2,000 years ago in Hierapolis (present-day Pamukkale in Turkey) as a slave in a wealthy household. Later, Epictetus obtained his freedom shortly after emperor Nero\u2019s death and started teaching philosophy in Rome for nearly 25 years. This lasted until emperor Domitian famously banished all philosophers in Rome. Epictetus fled to Nicopolis […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Stoic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/dailystoic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/epicc-300x149.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dailystoic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@dailystoic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan Holiday\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily Stoic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/dailystoic\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/dailystoic\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dailystoic\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailystoic\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/daily-stoic.png\",\"width\":351,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Daily Stoic\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Stoic\",\"description\":\"Stoic Wisdom For Everyday Life\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/epicc-300x149.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/\",\"name\":\"Epictetus Quotes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-03T18:59:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-03T18:59:09+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/epictetus-quotes\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}