Timely Wisdom

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
- Epictetus

No great thing is created suddenly.
- Epictetus

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
- Epictetus

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
- Epictetus

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Epictetus

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
- Epictetus

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
- Epictetus

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
- Epictetus