recurrent cycles.
- The logos and its employment are forces sufficient for
themselves and for their works. They start from their own
beginning, they proceed to the appointed end. We call such
activities “directed,” from the directness of their course. - Nothing pertains to human beings except what defines us
as human. No other things can be demanded of us. They
aren’t proper to human nature, nor is it incomplete without
them. It follows that they are not our goal, or what helps us
reach it—the good. If any of them were proper to us, it would
be improper to disdain or resist it. Nor would we admire
people who show themselves immune to it. If the things
themselves were good, it could hardly be good to give them
up. But in reality the more we deny ourselves such things
(and things like them)—or are deprived of them
involuntarily, even—the better we become. - The things you think about determine the quality of your
mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. Color it
with a run of thoughts like these:
i. Anywhere you can lead your life, you can lead a good
one.