You are your choices.

Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.

My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.