Labor not unwillingly, nor without regard to the common interest, nor without due consideration, nor with distraction; nor let studied ornament set off thy thoughts, and be not either a man of many words, or busy about too many things.
In his personal reflections, Marcus Aurelius outlines principles for diligent and focused work, emphasizing purpose and simplicity.
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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!
But intellect in a peculiar manner tends to that which is of the same kin, and combines with it, and the feeling for communion is not interrupted.
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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