In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.
Marcus AureliusHow easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.
Marcus AureliusNo one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
Marcus AureliusConstantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.
Marcus Aurelius