"Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.…"

"Good and evil, per Epictetus, lie only in the will."

"Whoever is not content with what he has, would not be content with what he wishes to have."

"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."

"Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will. And this you should say on every occasion: for in…"