Epictetus Quotes About Opinions

• Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.

  Epictetus

  Men, Oxford, Opinion

• Ten cuidado con quién te relacionas. Es humano imitar los hábitos de aquellos con quienes nos relacionamos. Sin darnos cuenta, adoptamos sus intereses, sus opiniones, sus valores y su forma de interpretar los acontecimientos.

  Epictetus

  Motivación, Eventos, Opinión

• Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Attitude, Humor

• No es quien te injuria o golpea quien te insulta, sino tu opinión de que esas cosas son insultantes.

  Epictetus

  Life, Philosophical, Insults You

• When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?

  Epictetus

  Done, Faults, Opinion

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.24, Courier Corporation

• Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.

  Epictetus

  Office, Desire, Body

• Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.

  Epictetus

  Life, Desire, Opinion

• Las dos facultades que, en mi opinión, constituyen a un hombre sabio son las de soportar y aguantar.

  Epictetus

  Wise, Patience, Philosophical

• Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, and desires and the demons that distract us from these goals. Outside of our control are such things as what kind of body we have, whether or not we are born into wealth, and how we are regarded by others.

  Epictetus

  Goal, Desire, Body

• A nadie le perturban las cosas, sino su opinión sobre ellas.

  Epictetus

  Gratitude, Men, Opinion

• It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking.

  Epictetus

  Views, Giving, Insulting

• It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.

  Epictetus

  Truth, Opinion, Conquer

  Epictetus, George Long (2004). “Enchiridion”, p.31, Courier Corporation

• Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.

  Epictetus

  Men, Opinion, Ashamed

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.33, Courier Corporation

• Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.

  Epictetus

  Desire, Body, Aversion

  Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

• Si alguien es infeliz, recuerda que su infelicidad es culpa suya... Nada más es la causa de la ansiedad o de la pérdida de tranquilidad, excepto nuestra propia opinión.

  Epictetus

  Happy Birthday, Loss, Anxiety

• What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.

  Epictetus

  Men, Alarms, Fancy

• It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.

  Epictetus

  Opinion, Trouble

• In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.

  Epictetus

  Death, Pain, Real

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.39

• Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.

  Epictetus

  Philosophy, Men, Discovery

• The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions.

  Epictetus

  Respect, Philosophy, Tolerance

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