No longer let thy breathing only act in concert with the air which surrounds thee, but let thy intelligence also now be in harmony with the intelligence which embraces all things.
From his personal reflections, this passage encourages aligning one's individual intelligence with the universal reason that pervades all existence.
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But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.
There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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