The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
Marcus AureliusArt thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?
Marcus AureliusIf this is neither my own badness, nor an effect of my own badness, and the common weal is not injured, why am I troubled about it? And what is the harm to the common weal?
Marcus AureliusEverything is interwoven, and the web is holy; none of its parts are unconnected. They are composed harmoniously, and together - they compose the world.
Marcus Aurelius