Epictetus

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
-Epictetus

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus

A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.
– Epictetus

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
– Epictetus

Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
– Epictetus

You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
– Epictetus

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
– Epictetus

Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
– Epictetus

No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
– Epictetus

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
– Epictetus