QuotesCosmos

Epicurus on Asceticism

← Back to Epicurus Profile
“Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all riches.”
Epicurus
selfsufficiencygreatestriches
“Nothing satisfies the man who is not satisfied with a little.”
Epicurus
satisfiessatisfiednothing
“If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not give him more money, but diminish his desire.”
Epicurus
pythoclesdiminishdesire
“I spit upon luxurious pleasures not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them”
Epicurus
inconveniencesluxuriouspleasures
“The man who follows nature and not vain opinions is independent in all things. For in reference to what is enough for nature every possession is riches, but in reference to unlimited desires even the greatest wealth is not riches but poverty.”
Epicurus
referencenatureriches