"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."
"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."
"As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will."
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."