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

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Nothing outside the will can hinder or harm the will; it can only harm itself. If then we accept this, and, when things go amiss, are inclined to blame ourselves, remembering that judgment alone can disturb our peace and constancy, I swear to you by all the gods that we have made progress.