There was in him nothing harsh, nor implacable, nor violent, nor, as one may say, anything carried to the sweating point; but he examined all things severally, as if he had abundance of time, and without confusion, in an orderly way, vigorously and consistently.
Marcus Aurelius describes a person's calm, methodical, and consistent approach to examining all matters.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
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.
Reflecting on all this, consider nothing to be great, except to act as thy nature leads thee, and to endure that which the common nature brings.
But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.
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