Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
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The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described.
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The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience.
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The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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I don't take notes. I don't have any notebooks. I keep on trying to do that because it seems like a very writerly thing to do, but my mind doesn't work that way. I tend to get the idea for a novel in a big splash.
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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
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When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.
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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
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When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me.
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This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education.
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People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.
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We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.
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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
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At the age of eight I became, in my own eyes at least, a writer.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life. Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life; but it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.
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I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
