Epicurus Quotes

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 not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

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.

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

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.

Happiness is man’s greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

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