Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them.
Marcus Aurelius urges constant observation of universal change, emphasizing that the nature of the cosmos thrives on transformation and renewal.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
The safety of life is this, to examine everything all through, what it is itself, that is its material, what the formal part; with all thy soul to do justice and to say the truth.
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 everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
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