More quotes by Epictetus

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."
"It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’."
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."