“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 self-importance or
distress. Or any indignation, either. As if the things that irritate us lasted.”
–Marcus Aurelius, Meditations