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Enchiridion means "ready at hand." In other words, it's a hand book. Rhinelander explained that its author, Epictetus, was a very unusual man of intelligence and sensitivity, who gleaned wisdom rather than bitterness from his early firsthand exposure to extreme cruelty and firsthand observations of the abuse of power and self-indulgent debauchery.
Courage Under Fire
James B. Stockdale
To understand one’s core, I think we have to look at what a person stands for, what their deepest-held convictions and beliefs are, and how they support those with clear values. Our values are partly revealed by what we do, and most tellingly by why we do them.
On Character
Stanley McChrystal
Things often don't break; they bend. Relationships rarely just splinter apart; they slowly start to bow, curving in another direction, distorting, and eventually separating. The relationship between Ev and Jack had been doing just that for some time, bowing like wet wood, moving between good and bad, but right now, as they shuffled into their seats in the conference room, it was about to break in two forever.
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Nick Bilton
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