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“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
Epictetus connects true freedom with the ability to govern ones own mind and actions.
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
— Epictetus
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”
“It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
“Do not seek to have everything that happens happen as you wish, but wish for everything to happen as it actually does happen, and your life will be serene.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“One who has mastered himself is a far greater hero than one who has conquered a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield.”
— Gautama Buddha
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
— Lao Tzu
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.”
— Plato
“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”
— Philip Massinger
“The greatest king is he who is king of himself.”
— Seneca
“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.”
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.”
— Pythagoras
