It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid. - Charlie Munger

The best antidote to folly from an excess of self-regard is to force yourself to be more objective when you are thinking about yourself, your family and friends, your property, and the value of your past and future activity. This isn't easy to do well and won't work perfectly but it will work much better than simply letting psychological nature take its normal course.

Never allow oneself to have an opinion on anything when you don't know the other side's arguments better than they do.

The idea that life is a series of adversities and each one is an opportunity to behave well instead of badly is a very, very good idea.