Found this, thought I'd share, like his philosophy, I rather share it but would not have articulated it so clearly. I'm not a philosopher, after all...
"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus
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