"There is another apt Latin expression: [[Materiam superabat opus]]. (The **workmanship was better than the material**.) "The material we’ve been given genetically, emotionally, financially, that’s where we begin. We don’t control that. **We do control what we make of that material**, and whether we squander it." ([Location 1068](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=1068)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[life-of-service]], [[ego]], [[humility]], [[character]], **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]