Freedom is the name of virtue: Slavery, of vice…. None is a slave whose acts are free.
Select Quotes by Epictetus
If someone is incapable of distinguishing good things from bad and neutral things from either – well, how could such a person be capable of love? The power to love, then, belongs only to the wise man.
Source: Discourses - Book II
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can’t control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.
Source: The Art of Living
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