word to the wise - Epictetus

i was watching Serendipity last night, and this quote stood out.
"If you want to improve, be content to be though foolish and stupid."


then i googled it, and found even more prophetic quotes from this Greek philosopher.
"If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.'”

"We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral."

"If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother."

"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."


and of those, i believe the most profound...and the least words.
"If you want to be a writer, write."