Marcus Aurelius: “Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee?”

Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.

The safety of life is this, to examine everything all through, what it is itself, that is its material, what the formal part; with all thy soul to do justice and to say the truth.

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 intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.