Marcus Aurelius: “There is one intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.”

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.

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 everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.