Marcus Aurelius: “What kind of people are those whom men wish to please, and for what objects, and by what kind of acts?”

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.

Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.

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

There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.