Epictetus

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things. -Epictetus

Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
-Epictetus

Desire and happiness cannot live together.
-Epictetus

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
-Epictetus

You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be. -Epictetus

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
-Epictetus

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
-Epictetus

Deliberate much before saying or doing anything, for you will not have the power of recalling what is said or done.
-Epictetus

Make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it occurs.
-Epictetus

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
-Epictetus