With respect to that which happens conformably to nature, we ought to blame neither gods, for they do nothing wrong either voluntarily or involuntarily, nor men, for they do nothing wrong except involuntarily.
In his philosophical reflections, Marcus Aurelius discusses the nature of blame regarding events that conform to the natural order, attributing no wrongdoing to gods or men.
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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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