Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus · Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
40. Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one
Chapter 35 of 167 · 1 min read
substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the co-operating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.
41. Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say (i. c. 19).
42. It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to subsist in consequence of change.
43. Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.
