“For what is it that everyone is seeking? To live securely, to be happy, to do everything as they wish to do, not to be hindered, not to be subject to compulsion.”
— Epictetus
“It isn't the things themselves that disturb people, but the judgements that they form about them.”
— Epictetus
“For freedom is not acquired by satisfying yourself with what you desire, but by destroying your desire.”
— Epictetus
“Although life is a matter of indifference, the use which you make of it is not a matter of indifference.”
— Epictetus
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
— Epictetus
“It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.”
— Epictetus