Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower

Happiness is a positive cash flow.

Happiness is a positive cash flow.