But consider the kindness by which he has distinguished man, for he has put it in his power not to be separated at all from the universal; and when he has been separated, he has allowed him to return and to be united and to resume his place as a part.
Marcus Aurelius reflects on the unique divine kindness bestowed upon humanity, granting the power to remain connected to the universal or to return to it after separation.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
Reflecting on all this, consider nothing to be great, except to act as thy nature leads thee, and to endure that which the common nature brings.
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