And again, consider that for whatever purpose each thing has been constituted, for this it has been constituted, and towards this it is carried; and its end is in that towards which it is carried; and where the end is, there also is the advantage and the good of each thing.
Marcus Aurelius reflects on the inherent purpose and natural trajectory of every entity in the universe.
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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.
It is thy duty to leave another man's wrongful act there where it is (vii. 29; ix. 38).
What a power man has to do nothing except what God will approve, and to accept all that God may give him.
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