Marcus Aurelius: “But as to the others, how many things had they to care for, and to how many things were they slaves!”

And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!

But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.

What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?

There is one intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.