Author: Epictetus

Quotes

Only the educated are free.

Only the educated are free.

- 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

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

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to 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

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

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

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

- Epictetus

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