"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
("모든 일에서 자신의 선함을 보호하고, 다른 모든 일에 대해서는 주어진 것을 합리적으로 활용할 수 있는 한 최대한 활용하세요. 그렇지 않으면 운이 나쁘고 실패하기 쉬우며 방해와 방해를 받게 될 것입니다."-에픽테토스, 담론, 4.3.11)
The goodness inside you is like a small flame, and you are its keeper. It's your job, today and every day, to make sure that it has enough fuel, that it doesn't get obstructed or snuffed out.
Every person has their own version of the flame and is responsible for it, just as you are. If they all fail, the world will be much darker- that is something you don't control. But so long as your flame flickers, there will be some light in the world.
여러분 안에 있는 선함은 작은 불꽃과 같으며 여러분은 그 불꽃을...
