Epictetus Quotes

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

Ceremonies are no aid to blessedness.

I always have kind of underneath feeling of peace of mind that I get from just the basic tenants of spirituality.

Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God.

Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.

There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.

I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they say it's the ultimate, but I can't even wish for that. I don't even want the desire to be content. I can only hope for silence.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.

The noblest mind the best contentment has

Joy is what we are, not what we must get. Joy is the realization that all we want or need in life has been etched into our souls. Joy helps us see not what we are "going through," but what we are "growing to"-a greater sense of understanding, accomplishment, and enlightenment. Joy reveals to us the calm at the end of the storm, the peace that surpasses the momentary happiness of pleasure. If we keep our minds centered on joy, joy becomes a state of mind.

Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the joy of freedom. Health, contentment and trust Are your greatest possessions, And freedom your greatest joy. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else.

Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace.

A sannyasin has to relax to that total state of let-go when everything happens and nothing is done.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought.

God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.

Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent.

Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.

Paradise is a state of mind.

The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.