Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them.
Marcus Aurelius urges constant observation of universal change, emphasizing that the nature of the cosmos thrives on transformation and renewal.
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Besides this, he honored those who were true philosophers, and he did not reproach those who pretended to be philosophers, nor yet was he easily led by them.
But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul, such as he showed in the illness of Maximus.
In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present,--I am rising to the work of a human being.
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