Epictetus (c.55-c.135 C.E.)
Leading exponent on Stoic morals who taught that people are free to control their lives and to live in harmony with nature.
www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/epictetu.htm
Bartleby.com: Epictetus
Includes brief profile and links to his collected aphorisms, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, as well as to a selection of quotations.
www.bartleby.com/people/Epictetu.html