Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on other. If he does not observe this rule, he must be a slave. --- Epictetus.

• 人之向往自由者，不可孜孜以求，不应依赖外物。凡违此例，必为奴隶。所谓“无欲则刚”，所谓独立自主。始终应该是一种自我充盈的状态，凡有所欲求，必然就被束缚于于某物，必然陷入痛苦。