A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.

We are not to lead events, but to follow them.

What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.