Epictetus

"If you wish to be a writer, write."

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them."

"Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort."

"Only the educated are free."

"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."

"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."

"We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free."

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

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."