Epictetus Quotes

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.

What one discovers in life, I find, is that one's personality defects don't come and go.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself.

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

In retrospect, I'm grateful for the break-up of my marriage because it forced me to deal with all the buried issues I probably wouldn't have otherwise faced. I'm a better, kinder, happier person today because of the spiritual and emotional growth I've experienced.

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.