Author: Epictetus

Quotes

If you wish to be a writer, write.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

- Epictetus

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

- Epictetus

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

- Epictetus

Only the educated are free.

Only the educated are free.

- Epictetus

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

- Epictetus

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

- Epictetus

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

- Epictetus

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

- Epictetus

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

- Epictetus

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