freedom

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them."

"From Apollonius, true liberty, and unvariable steadfastness, and not to regard anything at all, though never so little, but right and reason."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that are outside our control."

"External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. And you can wipe out that assessment now."

"Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions—not outside."

"When asked what is the fruit of these teachings, Epictetus replied, 'Tranquility and freedom.'"

"Only the educated are free."

"When asked what is the fruit of these teachings, Epictetus replied, 'Tranquility and freedom.'"

"Only the educated are free."

"No man is free who is not master of himself."