More From Epictetus
- "Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."
- "No greater 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 ripen."
- "Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."
More In Great
- "One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."― Barack Obama
- "The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."― William James
- "Traffic was very, very free. It was great."― Jim Capaldi