Epicurus — "The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom."

"It is better to lie on a humble pallet and be free from care than to own a golden bed and be full of trouble."

"We must release ourselves from the prison of business and politics."

"The wise man will not groan and howl when he is tortured."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is n…"

"It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he does not understand the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So that without the study…"