《沉思录·卷八·行事与本分》第14条
Whatever man thou meetest with, immediately say to thyself: What opinions has this man about good and bad? For if with respect to pleasure and pain and the causes of each, and with respect to fame and ignominy, death and life, he has such and such opinions, it will seem nothing wonderful or strange to me if he does such and such things; and I shall bear in mind that he is compelled to do so.
注释摘要
遇到任何人，立刻在心里问自己：这个人对好和坏有什么看法？这是一个极具穿透力的自我训练。奥勒留在这里不是要你对陌生人做道德审查，而是要你掌握一个斯多葛派的基本心理学原理——人的行动并不是直接从外界事件中长出来的，而是经过内在判断这个必经中间站。一个人关于快乐与痛苦、名声与耻辱、死亡与生命的看法，形成了他整套的价值坐标；他的所有行为，其实都是这套坐标的自然输出…