Epicurus Quotes
Best 24 Quotes by Epicurus
“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.”
“By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.”
“He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.”
“He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?”
“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.”
“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”
“Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.”
“Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”
“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
“The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.”
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
“The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.”
“To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.”
“War is delightful to those who have not experienced it.”
“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.”
“You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”
The Art of Happiness Quotes
“Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.”
“The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.”
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“The analysis of the last age, the 'dark age' or Kali Yuga, brings to light two essential features. The first is that mankind living in this age is strictly connected to the body and cannot prescind from it; therefore, the only way open is not that of pure detachment (as in early Buddhism and in the many varieties of yoga) but rather that of knowledge, awakening, and mastery over secret energies trapped in the body.
The second characteristic is that of the dissolution typical of this age. During the Kali Yuga, the bull of dharma stands on only one foot (it lost the other three during the previous three ages). This means that the traditional law (dharma) is wavering, is reduced to a shadow of its former self, and seems to be almost succumbing.
During Kali Yuga, however, the goddess Kali, who was asleep in the previous ages, is now fully awake. Let us say that this symbolism implies that during the last age elementary, infernal, and even abyssal forces are untrammeled.”
