“Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.”

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

“If you wish to be a writer; write!Send quote to a friendEpictetus (50-120) Greek philosopher.”

“We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.”

“Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.”

“If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.”

“I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?”