Epicurus quotes and words of wisdom

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not."
Found in the topic Death.

"It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
Found in the topic Glory.

"It is not so much our friends" help that helps As the confidence of their help."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...."
Found in the topic Freedom.

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
Found in the topic Honest.

"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."
Found in the topic Enough.

Interesting Quotes

Go ahead, make my day.Dean Riesner, Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry in "Sudden Impact", 1983

Sometimes being pushed to the wall gives you the momentum necessary to get over it!Peter de Jager