Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

And about pain: if it's unbearable, death will end it quickly. If it lasts a long time, it must be bearable. Meanwhile, the mind — which is everything — can cut itself off from the body. It can stop all connection and sympathy with the body and keep its peace. Pain doesn't damage your reasoning. As for the parts that hurt, let them speak for themselves if they can.

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Facing Hardship Calm Your Mind
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

And as concerning pain, that that which is intolerable is soon ended by death; and that which holds long must needs be tolerable; and that the mind in the meantime (which is all in all) may by way of interclusion, or interception, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its own tranquillity. Thy understanding is not made worse by it. As for those parts that suffer, let them, if they can, declare their grief themselves.

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Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

All things, someone says, follow a certain order and purpose. Even if only the basic elements do.

It's enough to remember that all things follow some order and purpose — or at least some things do. As for death, it will bring either scattering of atoms, or complete destruction, or going out like a flame, or moving to another place.

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Death & Mortality Calm Your Mind
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

All things (saith he) are by certain order and appointment. And what if the elements only.

It will suffice to remember, that all things in general are by certain order and appointment: or if it be but few. And as concerning death, that either dispersion, or the atoms, or annihilation, or extinction, or translation will ensue.

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