Quotes by Epicurus

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 are no more.

[A] right understanding that death is nothingto us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not because it adds to itan infinite span of time, but because it takes away the craving forimmortality. For there is nothing terrible in life for the man who hastruly comprehended that there is nothing terrible in not living.

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

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason.

The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.

So long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist

27. Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of firends.

Death means nothing to us

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

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

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

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

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

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

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