Epictetus

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”

Epictetus

Discourses

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”

Epictetus

Discourses

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

Epictetus

Discourses, Book 3.23

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

Epictetus

Enchiridion (The Handbook), Ch. 1

“Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.”

Epictetus

Enchiridion (The Handbook), Ch. 5 (trans. Elizabeth Carter)