Constantly 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 AureliusIt doesn't hurt me unless I interpret its happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to.
Marcus AureliusThe healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.
Marcus AureliusLook back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
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