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."
"As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new."
"Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will."