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

Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.

What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yourself. For vice has nothing in common with virtue, nor Freedom with slavery.

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

Freedom is not archived by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it.

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.

Freedom, you see, is having events go in accordance with our will, never contrary to it.

Kein Mensch, der in Furcht oder Sorge oder Chaos lebt, ist frei, aber wer sich von Sorgen, Furcht und Chaos befreit, wird dadurch auch aus der Sklaverei befreit.

Freedom is not attained through the satisfaction of desires, but through the suppression of desires.