Every obstacle is an opportunity to get better. - Ryan Holiday

Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save face. Put yourself in his shoes — so as to see things through his eyes. Avoid self-righteousness like the devil — nothing is so self-blinding.

One of my favorite observations about Montaigne's life from Stefan Zweig is that our job is to "remain human in an inhuman time."

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT