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Freedom Quotes by Epictetus
- Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
- Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.
- 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…
- Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only…
- Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
- No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?
- Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do…
- What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.
- Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with nature itself. For…
- Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- Only the educated are free.
- Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
- Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
- We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say…
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