Marcus Aurelius: “Now a man should take away not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not…”

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.

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.

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

But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.