Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.
EpictetusThe people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EpictetusAll human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life itself. This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life. The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.
Epictetus