![Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hGsYUtVuvPo/X1uPiN2xLmI/AAAAAAAALM8/R7c4qk29_EMv-BH0jSK9ru6ThMjubKkewCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/wealth-consists-not-in-having-great-possessions-but-in-having-few-wants.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Epictetus
![Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hGsYUtVuvPo/X1uPiN2xLmI/AAAAAAAALM8/R7c4qk29_EMv-BH0jSK9ru6ThMjubKkewCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/wealth-consists-not-in-having-great-possessions-but-in-having-few-wants.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Freedom is the right to live as we wish.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GjPB6eagju0/X0bBubIXnGI/AAAAAAAACB8/W8xEcJ2pJQ0Idt6OBV2m6kDrvLSrRF8kgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/freedom-is-the-right-to-live-as-we-wish-quotes-by-epictetus-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-freedom.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
![Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TnZaZ7VdP3g/X1tjF-IVUiI/AAAAAAAAGH4/L41XSoBZBFsBC9Yn-ocd2ykrWHnOlUzyACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/dont-explain-your-philosophy-embody-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
![No great thing is created suddenly.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C2B0GoZzArE/X0bMRQ8PFlI/AAAAAAAAENw/EqP0ce3pU3g9c0CpgaE0z1QzFtI-d6WoACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/no-great-thing-is-created-suddenly-quotes-by-epictetus-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-great.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
No great thing is created suddenly.
![If you wish to be a writer, write.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-spq6hlXkg50/X1tsaC2HyXI/AAAAAAAAHaY/nlb7C9QgOZQP9SXw3EzCNSs-akXY7PWegCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-you-wish-to-be-a-writer-write.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If you wish to be a writer, write.
![First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vNHpraBLCpI/X1tnWiwObQI/AAAAAAAAGdo/bd0uUNspXv42FW5gOlPOF-gt7I16WhRQgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/first-say-to-yourself-what-you-would-beand-then-do-what-you-have-to-do.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do.
![God has entrusted me with myself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S7jqrmzibLA/X0bCWjoHl-I/AAAAAAAACWY/AumrMcz4oW0g4Ug8XaJV1oIg_lxaWK6MwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/god-has-entrusted-me-with-myself-quotes-by-epictetus-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-god.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
God has entrusted me with myself.
![No man is free who is not master of himself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9tu2kCiJsj0/X1t3B95A71I/AAAAAAAAIno/5p9ahp8wrig43Rl10161cSmdCuLl3suQwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/no-man-is-free-who-is-not-master-of-himself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
No man is free who is not master of himself.
![Only the educated are free.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eVYeKpwTVRs/X0bMtBJHaBI/AAAAAAAAEPQ/vwkfkxtxzRUmJca6OHXldzMN3MqX5YqyQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/only-the-educated-are-free-quotes-by-epictetus-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-motivational.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Only the educated are free.
![If you wish to be a writer, write.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HvSX4Z-kcJI/X0bGLjbEtUI/AAAAAAAAC9E/bdXQ-P3BLtkv5FB7LR7B3ILWfdy4t8xyQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/if-you-wish-to-be-a-writer-write-quotes-by-epictetus-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-communication.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If you wish to be a writer, write.
![Only the educated are free.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mRtsXnaROrI/X1t5m1LhxWI/AAAAAAAAI2o/pNQKNREXg-4QPfQC9IW_H56s5ubUL50rgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/only-the-educated-are-free.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)