From Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations":
“The Pythagoreans were wont betimes in the morning the first thing they did, to look up unto the heavens, to put themselves in mind of them who constantly and invariably did perform their task: as also to put themselves in mind of orderliness, or good order, and of purity, and of naked simplicity. For no star or planet has any cover before it.”
There is something remarkable about gazing at the stars, and it always helps me put things in perspective. It reminds me of my place in the "grand scheme of things". Cicero said, "If a man can look on the stars and not feel the power of God, I wonder whether is capable of any feeling at all."
“The Pythagoreans were wont betimes in the morning the first thing they did, to look up unto the heavens, to put themselves in mind of them who constantly and invariably did perform their task: as also to put themselves in mind of orderliness, or good order, and of purity, and of naked simplicity. For no star or planet has any cover before it.”
There is something remarkable about gazing at the stars, and it always helps me put things in perspective. It reminds me of my place in the "grand scheme of things". Cicero said, "If a man can look on the stars and not feel the power of God, I wonder whether is capable of any feeling at all."
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