If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.
From Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
From Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
Death means nothing to us
From The Art of Happiness
Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
From The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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?
He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.
From Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
From Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
Death means nothing to us
From The Art of Happiness
Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
From The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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?
He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.
From Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
From Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
Death means nothing to us
From The Art of Happiness
Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
From The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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?
He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
