Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“If you would improve, submit to be considered without sense and foolish with respect to externals.”
- Source
- Enchiridion
- Date
- c. 125 CE
- English wording
- George Long — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “If you would improve, submit to be considered…”
Improvement can require tolerating other people’s low opinion when their standards are based on external status rather than the character being cultivated.
Where does it come from?
Enchiridion, section XIII, George Long translation; the advice warns against pursuing both inner discipline and external reputation.
