"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."
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."
"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
"Being happy is knowing how to be content with little."
"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?"
"The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure, but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity."
"Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficient too little."
"All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help."
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
"The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd."
"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself."
"If a little is not enough for you, nothing is."
"The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom."
" If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich."
"I am grateful to blessed Nature, because she made what is necessary, easy to acquire and what is hard to acquire unnecessary."
"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
"Being happy is knowing how to be content with little."
"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?"
"The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure, but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity."
"Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficient too little."
"All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help."
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
"The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd."
"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself."
"If a little is not enough for you, nothing is."
"The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom."
" If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich."
"I am grateful to blessed Nature, because she made what is necessary, easy to acquire and what is hard to acquire unnecessary."
- Epicurus
Greek philosopher