“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
“The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.”
“Restrict yourself to choice and refusal; and exercise them carefully, with discipline and detachment.”
“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.”
“No man is free unless he is the master of himself.”
“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.”
“If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.”