Epictetus

“I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?”

“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”

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

“He who exercises wisdom, exercises the knowledge which is about God.”

“First say to yourself what you would beand then do what you have to do.”

“All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.”

“no man is free until he s a master of himself!!”

“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”

“What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yourself. For vice has nothing in common with virtue, nor Freedom with slavery.”

“We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus”

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

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported.”

“Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents." Translation by Sharon Lebell”

“All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.”

“We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.”

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

“You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.”