For thou wilt find that no one among those against whom thou art irritated has done anything by which thy mind could be made worse; but that which is evil to thee and harmful has its foundation only in the mind.
Marcus Aurelius, in his personal reflections, asserts that external actions cannot harm one's mind, only one's own perception can.
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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.
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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