Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another, for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life.
Marcus Aurelius encourages cosmic contemplation as a means of purifying the mind from earthly concerns.
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Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason.
That which is from fortune is not separated from nature or without an interweaving and involution with the things which are ordered by providence.
One is that things do not touch the soul, for they are external and remain immovable; but our perturbations come only from the opinion which is within.
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