"It is the act of a philosophically ignorant person to blame others for his own troubles. One who is beginning to learn blames himself. An educated person blames neither anyone else nor himself."

"Don't seek for things to happen as you wish, but wish for things to happen as they do, and you will get on well."

"Whatever occasion befalls you, remember to turn around and look into yourself to see what power you have to make use of it. … If labor is heaped upon you, endurance is what you need; if abuse, forbearance."

"Every person's master is the one who controls whether that person shall get what he wants and avoid what he doesn't want. Thus whoever wishes to be free should neither seek nor avoid anything that is up to others; otherwise he will necessarily be a slave."

"Whenever you see someone weeping in grief because his child is going away or he has lost his property … be ready to say at once 'It is not the circumstances that distress him (for someone else would not be distressed), but the idea he has about them.'"

"If someone were to hand over your body to just whomever happened along, you would be outraged. Why aren't you outraged at the fact that you turn over your mind to whomever happens along - if he insults you and you let it upset and trouble you?"

"Whenever someone treats you badly or says bad things about you, remember that he does it or says it thinking that he is doing the right thing. Now it is not possible for him to adhere to your conception of the right, but only his own. Whence it follows that if he has a wrong view of things, he, being deceived, is the one who is hurt. For if someone believes that a true proposition is false, it is not the proposition that suffers but the deceived believer. If you consider these things you will deal gently with the slanderer. On each occasion just say, 'So it seemed to him.'"

"Never refer to yourself as a philosopher or chatter much with laymen about philosophical principles, but do what the principles prescribe. For example, at a banquet do not talk about how one ought to eat, but eat as you ought."

For much more like this pick up a copy of Epictetus' Enchiridion. You may also like the modern interpretation of Epictetus given by Sharon Lebell in her Epictetus/ The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness.