Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Epictetus Quotes: As you think, so you become.....Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.
         

As you think, so you become.....Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.


Epictetus
Check all other quotes by Epictetus

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Epictetus Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/As-you-think-so-you-become-Our-560784>.





Check out


Other quotes of Epictetus


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

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



Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.



Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.



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.



When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.



I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.



From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.



Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.



Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.



If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well





Other quotes you may like


To love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from judging.

To love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from judging.




It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.



I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.

I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.



Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.

Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.



Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it



Poststructuralism. . . . is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language is internally contradictory and has no fixed meaning.

Poststructuralism. . . . is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language is internally contradictory and has no fixed meaning.



I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.



If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so..." "Lame?" Sadie suggested. "Shut up," I said.

If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so..." "Lame?" Sadie suggested. "Shut up," I said.



Uniqueness is wasted on youth. Like fine wine or a solid flossing habit, you'll be grateful for it when you're older.

Uniqueness is wasted on youth. Like fine wine or a solid flossing habit, you'll be grateful for it when you're older.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "As you think, so you become.....Our busy minds are forever jumping to conclusions, manufacturing and interpreting signs that aren't there.". Author of this quote is Epictetus. This quote is about manufacturing, forever, life, busy, interpreting, thinking, jumping,.