"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 only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
"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!’."
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."
"As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new."