Epicureanism Philosophy Quotes & Sayings

As you say of yourself, I too am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.
[Letter to William Short, 31 October 1819] — Thomas Jefferson

It is with this movement, with the passage and dissolution of impressions, images, sensations, that analysis leaves off - that continual vanishing away, that strange, perpetual weaving and unweaving of ourselves. — Walter Pater

Connecting with others is rewarding; it makes us feel like we're not alone in the world. — Jonah Berger

[...]if Nazi Germany had not invaded other countries but had simply sought to eliminate the entire Jewish population within its own territorial borders, this would not have constituted a violation of international law, as incredible as this now seems. — Mark Gibney

There's something really sweet about the way he's playing the part and he's kind of irresistible in a way. They're both really lonely. That's kind of established from the very beginning in the movie. The way they meet is just classic, lonely losers. — Mary-Louise Parker

When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too. — Karen Armstrong

Death means nothing to us — Epicurus

I can't do this without her, Liz, I can't. Every part of my life is wrapped up in her. She's my wife, — Tara Sivec

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason. — Epicurus

Epicureanism was a philosophy that brought peace and quiet rather than inspiration and exhilaration; based on a theory of the exclusive validity of sense perception and on an ethical doctrine that pleasure was the criterion of the good, it lent itself not only to a dull and flat dialectic but also to gross misinterpretation. Although, — Titus Lucretius Carus

Mind is judgmental but heart is not so love with heart, not with mind. — Debasish Mridha

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires. — Epicurus