EPICTETUS

Epictetus: some things are up to you, some are not; freedom is the practice of attending only to the first. The Vow of Calm (§1.2.1) is Epictetus on letterhead. The market, the critic, the funding cycle — not up to us. The Concept, the Liturgy, the Meeting, the Record — up to us. We do not waste effort on the first column. We pour the entire institution into the second.