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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

Marcus Aurelius
People, Understanding, Mind
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1708). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself: Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker ; as Also the Emperor's Life”, p.214

Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they, guided by the understanding given them, should in their actions become like unto him.

Marcus Aurelius
Men, Understanding, Desire

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.

Marcus Aurelius
Change, Life Changing, Understanding
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1963). “The Meditations”, Bobbs-Merrill Company

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

Marcus Aurelius
Philosophical, Vivid Imagination, Understanding

Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them.

Marcus Aurelius
Understanding, Attention, Said
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.76, Enhanced Media Publishing

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