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Quote card: Accustom thyself to master and conquer these passions: first, gluttony; then sloth, luxury, and anger.

“Accustom thyself to master and conquer these passions: first, gluttony; then sloth, luxury, and anger.”

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras (Nicholas Rowe translation). An ancient poem of rules for living, long attributed to the Pythagoreans.

Small daily wins count: up when the alarm goes, a proper lunch, a calm word when you want to snap.

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