Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things thou seest, and out of their substance will make other things, and again other things from the substance of them, in order that the world may be ever new (xii. 23).
Marcus Aurelius reflects on the universal nature's continuous process of transformation and renewal, ensuring the world remains ever new.
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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.
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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.
There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
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