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He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

— Marcus Aurelius

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Man is a universe within himself.

— Bob Marley

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.

— Mercedes McCambridge

Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.

— George Gaylord Simpson

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

— Baltasar Gracian

Man in harmony with his Creator is sublime, and his action is creative; equally, once he separates himself from God and acts alone, he does not cease to be powerful, since this is the privilege of his nature, but his acts are negative and lead only to destruction.

— Joseph de Maistre

Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it.

— Alfred Adler

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

— Albert Camus

✗Opposing Perspectives

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.

— Marla Maples

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

— Imogen Cunningham