Protect the Flame
“Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don’t, you’ll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and stymied.” — Epictetus, Discourses, 4.3.11
In a world in which many people lack healthy personal boundaries, it is vitally important to build and maintain your own.