18. That which has died falls not out of the universe.
If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of yourself And these too change, and they murmur not.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Eight
Chapter Subtitle: This reflection also tends to the removal of the desire of empty fame, that it is no longer in your power to have lived the whole of your life, or at least your life from your youth upwards, like a philosopher; but both to many others and to yourself it is plain that you art far from philosophy.
Location: Chapter 8, Section 18
Content:
18. That which has died falls not out of the universe.
If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of yourself And these too change, and they murmur not.