Epicurus
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.Collection: Men
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.Collection: Friendship
Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.Collection: Fear
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.Collection: Health
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.Collection: Death
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.Collection: Happiness
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.Collection: Art
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.Collection: Power
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.Collection: Hope
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.Collection: Friendship
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.Collection: Men
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.Collection: Fear
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.Collection: God
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?Collection: God
The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.Collection: Needs
Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?Collection: Intelligent
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.Collection: Gratitude
Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.Collection: Happiness
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.Collection: Boyfriend
He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .Collection: Littles
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.Collection: Being Happy
The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.Collection: Drinking
Being happy is knowing how to be content with littleCollection: Knowing
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.Collection: Mind
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.Collection: Thanksgiving
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.Collection: Friendship
Live your life without attracting attention.Collection: Advice
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.Collection: Freedom
The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.Collection: Pain
If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.Collection: Happiness
To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.Collection: Worry
The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.Collection: Soul
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.Collection: Appreciate
Do everything like someone is gazing at you.Collection: Gazing
Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.Collection: Philosophy
A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.Collection: Fate
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.Collection: Philosophy
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.Collection: Men
Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.Collection: Pain
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.Collection: Wise
Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.Collection: Lying
There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.Collection: Death
He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.Collection: Needs
It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness.Collection: Men
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.Collection: Wine
If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.Collection: Pain
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.Collection: Happiness
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.Collection: Life
Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.Collection: Philosophy