For in the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength: and as the sense of pain is a characteristic of weakness, so also is anger.
In his private reflections, Marcus Aurelius connects freedom from passion with strength, equating pain and anger with weakness.
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From thence all things flow; and there is besides necessity, and that which is for the advantage of the whole universe, of which thou art a part.
One is that things do not touch the soul, for they are external and remain immovable; but our perturbations come only from the opinion which is within.
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