Epictetus

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they read more

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, read more

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.