“I intended also to maintain my will in a way conformable to nature… — Epictetus

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.

— EpictetusStoic

When then a man irritates you, you must know that it is your own opinion which has irritated you. Therefore especially try not to be carried away by the appearance. For if you once gain time and delay, you will more easily master yourself.

— EpictetusStoic

And remember that if you abide in the same principles, these men who first ridiculed will afterwards admire you.

— EpictetusStoic

I intended also to maintain my will in a way conformable to nature; but I shall not… — Epictetus

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