In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength.
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.124, Enhanced Media Publishing