"Say to yourself first thing in the morning: I shall meet with people who are meddling, ungrateful,
violent, treacherous, envious, and unsociable. They are subject to these faults because of their
ignorance of what is good and bad. But I have recognised the nature of the good and seen that it is
the right, and the nature of the bad and seen that it is the wrong, and the nature of the wrongdoer
himself, and seen that he is related to me, not because he has the same blood or seed, but because
he shares in the same mind and portion of divinity. So I cannot be harmed by any of them, as no
one will involve me in what is wrong. Nor can I be angry with my relative or hate him. We were
born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of upper and lower teeth. So
to work against each other is contrary to nature; and resentment and rejection count as working
against someone."
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 2.1
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