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

"“When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality, as is supposed by some who are either ignorant or disagree with us or do not understand, but freedom from pain in the body and from trouble in the mind. For it is not continuous drinkings and revelings, nor the satisfaction of lusts, nor the enjoyment of fish and other luxuries of the wealthy table, which produce a pleasant life, but sober reasoning, searching out the motives for all choice and avoidance, and banishing mere opinions, to which are due the greatest disturbance of the spirit.”"

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

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

"Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature."

"They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."