Epicurus Quotes.
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.
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?
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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.
We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.
There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
Happiness is man’s greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.
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.
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.
