Epicurus Quotes:- Epicurus (341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called Epicureanism.
He was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents. Influenced by Democritus, Aristotle, and possibly the Cynics, he turned against the Platonism of his day and established his own school, known as “the Garden”, in Athens.
An extremely prolific writer, he is said to have originally written over 300 works on various subjects, but the vast majority of these writings have been lost.
Only three letters written by him the Letters to Menoeceus, Pythocles, and Herodotus and two collections of quotes the Principle Doctrines and the Vatican Sayings have survived intact, along with a few fragments and quotations of his other writings.
Inspirational Epicurus Quotes And Sayings
“A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.”-Epicurus
“Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.”-Epicurus
“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”-Epicurus
“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.”-Epicurus
“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”-Epicurus
“If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.”-Epicurus
“If thou wilt makes” a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”-Epicurus
Famous Inspirational Epicurus Quotes
“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.”-Epicurus
“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”-Epicurus
“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.”-Epicurus
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”-Epicurus
“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”-Epicurus
“Justice… is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.”-Epicurus
“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.”-Epicurus
“Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.”-Epicurus
Top 10 Motivational Epicurus Quotes
“Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”-Epicurus
“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”-Epicurus
“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”-Epicurus
“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”-Epicurus
“The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.”-Epicurus
“The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”-Epicurus
“There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.”-Epicurus
“We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.”-Epicurus
“We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.”-Epicurus
