Epictetus

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to read more

Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to accept our beliefs. The same thing happens when a hot coal meets another piece of coal: it either shares its fire with it or is overwhelmed by the other`s size and is extinguished.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

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

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