Aurelius - Meditations 2:3

2:3 – The work of God is full of providence: the work of fortune is not divorced from nature or the spinning and winding of the threads ordained by providence. All flows from that other world; and there is, besides, necessity and the wellbeing of the whole universe, of which you are a part. Now to every part of nature – that is good which the nature of the whole brings, and which preserves that nature; and the universe is preserved as much by the changes of the compound bodies as by the changes of the elements which compose those bodies. Let this be sufficient for you, these continually be your doctrines. But put away your thirst for books, so that you may not die murmuring, but truly reconciled and grateful from your heart to God.
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Stoic texts:
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic Master (Seneca)
The Discourses of Epictetus
The Enchiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus
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