Top 10 most inspiring quotes by 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.
- Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
- Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
- The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
- You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
- Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
- It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
- I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
- If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
- The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
Epicurus (341–270 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher born on the island of Samos. He founded the philosophical school of Epicureanism, which emphasized the pursuit of happiness and tranquility through the cultivation of simple pleasures and the avoidance of pain.
Epicurus believed that the ultimate goal of human life was to achieve a state of ataraxia (tranquility) and aponia (the absence of bodily pain). He argued that the fear of death and the gods were among the primary causes of human anxiety, and he sought to dispel these fears through his teachings.
Epicurus’s philosophy centered on the idea that the universe is made up of atoms that move in a void. He believed that everything, including the soul, could be explained through natural and materialistic principles. His ethical theory revolved around the concept of hedonism, not in the sense of indulging in excessive pleasure, but in seeking moderate and lasting pleasures that would lead to a calm and content life.
Although much of Epicurus’s original writings have been lost, his ideas were preserved through the works of his followers, such as the Roman poet Lucretius. Epicureanism had a significant influence on later philosophical and scientific thought, and it continues to be studied and debated for its insights into the nature of happiness, the pursuit of a good life, and the role of philosophy in achieving these ends.
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