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EDITOR’S COLUMN: What angers you becomes your master

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

~ Epictetus

Epictetus was a Greek stoic philosopher. Born a slave in a wealthy household, he rose to prominence along other stoics like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca. Some 2,000 years later, his words still ring true. 

There are so many things to be angry about in the world. So very many.…