44 quotes
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)
“You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.”
"We are not troubled by things but by the opinion which we have of things."
on Perception
"Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire."
on Freedom
"Freedom is not archived by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it."
"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
on Happiness
"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems"
on Anxiety
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but by controlling the desire."
"Practice yourself for heaven's sake in little things and thence proceed to greater."
on Discipline
"Ask not that events should happen as you will but let your will be that events should happen as they do and you shall have peace."
on Philosophy
"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded but the fear of pain or death."
on Fear
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will."
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
on Wisdom
"Freedom, you see, is having events go in accordance with our will, never contrary to it."
"On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use."
"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but by controlling that desire."
"He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not but rejoices in what he has."
on Gratitude
"It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it out in his life."
"First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do."
on Success
