Nature loves change. Marcus Aurelius 4.36

Marcus Aurelius on the dynamic balance of nature. Nothing natural can be reduced to a single, momentary expression of time and space.

Θεώρει διηνεκῶς πάντα κατὰ μεταβολὴν γινόμενα καὶ ἐθίζου ἐννοεῖν, ὅτι οὐδὲν οὕτως φιλεῖ ἡ τῶν ὅλων φύσις ὡς τὸ τὰ ὄντα μεταβάλλειν καὶ ποιεῖν νέα ὅμοια. σπέρμα γὰρ τρόπον τινὰ πᾶν τὸ ὂν τοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐσομένου, σὺ δὲ μόνα σπέρματα φαντάζῃ τὰ εἰς γῆν ἢ μήτραν καταβαλλόμενα, τοῦτο δὲ λίαν ἰδιωτικόν.

Contemplate constantly the fact that all things occur by change, and accustom your mind to see that the nature of everything whole loves nothing better than to change whatever exists at the moment, making new things that are similar to the old without being the same. A seed is already somehow every event that shall rise from it. You think that seeds scattered into the earth, or the womb, are just seeds, but that is an utterly foolish idea, one that you never got from nature.