“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
“No man is free who is not master of himself!!”
“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
“Only the educated are free.”
“God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.”
“People who know no self-restraint lead stormy and disordered lives, passing their time in a state of fear commensurate with the injuries they do to others, never able to relax.”
“Restrict yourself to choice and refusal; and exercise them carefully, with discipline and detachment.”
“All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.”