Do not look around thee to discover other men's ruling principles, but look straight to this, to what nature leads thee, both the universal nature through the things which happen to thee, and thy own nature through the acts which must be done by thee.
Marcus Aurelius advises focusing on one's own inherent nature and universal guidance rather than scrutinizing others' motivations.
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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.
But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.
And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!
There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
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