Marcus Aurelius: “I receive it and refer it to the gods, and the source of all things, from which all that happens is derived.”

There is one intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.

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.

What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?

But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.