The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.

It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.

At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.