Sam Rodriguez

“The soul of man is thus an emanation from the godhead,
into whom it will eventually be re-absorbed. The divine ruling principle makes
all things work together for good, but for the good of the whole. The highest good of
man is consciously to work with God for the common good, and this is the sense in
which the Stoic tried to live in accord with nature. In the individual it is virtue alone
which enables him to do this; as Providence rules the universe, so virtue in the soul
must rule man.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations