Quotes by Epicurus

“Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”

“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.”

“It is not so much our friends help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.”

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship”

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not”

“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”

“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”

“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”

“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”

“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?”

“Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little”

“It is not so much our friends help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”

“So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter a”

“Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.”

“Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death, and when there is death we do not exist”

“The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”

“If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another”

“The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”

“Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”