Epicteto

Frases de Epicteto

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

• “No man is free who is not master of himself.”

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

• “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

• “Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually does—then you will be at peace.”

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

• “Only the educated are free.”

• “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things.”

• “Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself consents.”

• “Every situation has two handles: one by which it can be carried, and another by which it cannot.”