Let this always be plain to thee, that this piece of land is like any other; and that all things here are the same with things on the top of a mountain, or on the sea-shore, or wherever thou choosest to be.
In his personal reflections, Marcus emphasizes that one's inner state and philosophical practice are independent of physical location.
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Further, he was not fond of change nor unsteady, but he loved to stay in the same places, and to employ himself about the same things; and after his paroxysms of headache he came immediately fresh and vigorous to his usual occupations.
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.
All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil.
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