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Sunday September 4, 2016

Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river: the "what" is in constant flux, the "why" has a thousand variations. Nothing is stable, not even what's right here. The infinity of past and future gapes before us—a chasm whose depths we cannot see. So it would take an idiot to feel importance or distress. Or any indignation, either. As if the things that irritate us lasted.




—Marcus Aurelius
  Roman emperor and philosopher (121-180 CE)


Source: Meditations, book five, transl. by Gregory Hayes (buy from Amazon)




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