This one thing, thoughts just, and acts social, and words which never lie, and a disposition which gladly accepts all that happens, as necessary, as usual, as flowing from a principle and source of the same kind.
Marcus Aurelius identifies the singular focus worthy of serious effort: just thoughts, social actions, truthful words, and a willing acceptance of all events as natural and necessary.
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What a power man has to do nothing except what God will approve, and to accept all that God may give him.
He was also easy in conversation, and he made himself agreeable without any offensive affectation.
For every judgment and movement and desire and aversion is within, and no evil ascends so high.
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