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

"We should not pretend to be philosophers, but be philosophers in reality."

"It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still suspects something of the stories told in myths. So that it is…"

"The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When that state is present, pleasure can be varied, but it cannot be increased, nor can it be diminished, so long as it is not d…"

"Pleasure is the starting point and goal of living blessedly."

"The wise man is a happy man, even in the midst of torture."