Epicurus – Quotes

Earthquakes may be brought

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway. Epicurus

Justice is never anything

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Epicurus

The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together. Epicurus

If the gods have

If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. If they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist? Epicurus

Natural justice is a

Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them. Epicurus

Remember that the future

Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be. Epicurus

Where I am death

Where I am death is not, where death is I am not. Epicurus

Necessity is an evil;

Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity. Epicurus

Is he neither able

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus

Let no young man

Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul. Epicurus