Epictetus

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them.”

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

“Only the educated are free.”

“Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”

“To make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it happens.”

“You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.”

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”