Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

We seek knowledge only because we desire enjoyment, and it is impossible to conceive why a person who has neither desires nor fears would take the trouble to reason.

Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower.

We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free

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

For in this Case, 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.