The leading principle in itself wants nothing, unless it makes a want for itself; and therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not disturb and impede itself.
Marcus Aurelius reflects on the mind's inherent freedom from disturbance, contingent on its not creating its own desires or obstacles.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.
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