“The first step to living wisely is to relinquish self-conceit. See the delusional folly in being a nervous know-it-all whose giddy mind is always prattling on about its knee-jerk impressions of events and other people, forcing current experiences into previously formed categories: ‘Oh yes, this thing here is just like such-and-such.’ Behold the world fresh—as it is, on its own terms—through the eyes of a beginner. To know that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.”

— Epictetus, The Enchiridion