Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. Epictetus Focus, Self, Values [cbxwpbookmarkbtn show_count=0]
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master. Epictetus Anger [cbxwpbookmarkbtn show_count=0]
Bahamas We have two ears and only one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus Communication, Listening, Speech [cbxwpbookmarkbtn show_count=0]
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth. Epictetus Awareness, Patience, Purpose [cbxwpbookmarkbtn show_count=0]
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, “Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.” Epictetus Perception [cbxwpbookmarkbtn show_count=0]
Lake Powell The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. Epictetus Action, Self, Work [cbxwpbookmarkbtn show_count=0]