PASSAGE OF THE WEEK:
"It's not manly to get angry, Marcus Aurelius wrote. It's not natural either. It's better to be calm and controlled, he said. It's better to treat people with kindness. Don't go expecting Plato's Republic, he said. If there are brambles in the path, he said, go around. Why get angry? As if the world will care or notice.
It's wonderful that you have high standards. It's wonderful that you are demanding of yourself. It's wonderful that you do your job. But you have to be willing to be flexible and tolerant with other people. You have to be patient. You have to keep your frustrations in check. That's what Stoicism is about. That's what the point of all this is.
Don't let yourself get away with anything less."
—from Daily Stoic's Tuesday email, "Don't Let Anger Make You Mean"
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