"The universe is transformation, life is opinion."
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
This pithy little summary perhaps needs a little explanation.
There are two worlds Marcus contemplates here -
1) The outer world of objective reality. Its nature, as numerous writers ancient and modern have agreed, is ceaseless change. As far as outer circumstances are concerned, the one thing you can rely upon is that they will change.
2) The inner world of subjective experience. Perhaps "attitude" is a better 21st century translation than "opinion" here. How we experience life is determined not half so much by our outer circumstances as it is by our attitude towards them.
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