Epictetus — "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."

"If you want to be a man of honour, you must be a man of honour. If you want to be a good man, you must be a good man. If you want to be a wise man, you must be a wise man. If you want to be a fool, yo…"

"Good and evil, per Epictetus, lie only in the will."

"When you have to deal with a man who is angry, remember that he is not angry with you, but with himself; he is only venting his anger on you."

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ri…"