Freedom isn't the right or ability to do whatever you please. Freedom comes from understanding the limits of our own power and the inherent limits set in place by nature. By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, you become truly free.
EpictetusWhen you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EpictetusRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
Epictetus