Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.

Seneca the Younger

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• I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

  

  Edgar Guest
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• If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.

  

  Vincent Cassel
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  • Women
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• Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic.

  

  Barbet Schroeder
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• As forces of hate in this country and worldwide try to pull Muslims and Christians apart, we are in desperate need of a unifying force that can bridge the widening gap of interfaith misunderstanding and mistrust. That force could be the message of love, peace, and forgiveness taught by Jesus and accepted by followers of both faiths.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
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• If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?

  

  John Lancaster Spalding
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• The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.

  

  Tammy Wynette
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• Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Mind
  • Sometimes
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• I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Good
  • Money
  • Art

• This was the first time we had two ex-Soviet Cosmonauts in Houston. A lot of us, including me, viewed it with some skepticism, because I grew up during the Cold War, so I had been hit with all this propaganda all along that their stuff wasn't that good, it wasn't that safe and we were so much better. What I found out later was that their space stuff was very good and good enough that I was certainly comfortable flying on their equipment. So, it was kind of a revelation of sorts as the years went by and I think it underscores the importance right now of international cooperation.

  

  Leroy Chiao
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• I would say I'm - in the show, I'm a cultural Catholic, which is what I was.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Shows
  • Catholic

• Materialism is a fruitless attempt to find meaning outside of God. When we try to find ultimate fulfillment in a person other than Christ or a place other than heaven, we become idolaters. According to Scripture, materialism is not only evil; it is tragic and pathetic.

  

  Randy Alcorn
  • God
  • Attempt
  • Materialism

• Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.

  

  William of Occam
  • Two
  • Theory
  • Equal

• It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.

  

  Oliver Jackson-Cohen
  • First
  • Hilarious
  • Reaction

• Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Love
  • Rest
  • For Her

• Nothing so fretful, so despicable as a Scribbler, see what I am, and what a parcel of Scoundrels I have brought about my ears, and what language I have been obliged to treat them with to deal with them in their own way; - all this comes of Authorship.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Language
  • Treat
  • Authorship

• Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

  

  Bono U2
  • People
  • Music
  • Eloquent

• On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton.

  

  Richard Serra
  • Poetry
  • Cape
  • Underlying

• You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Think
  • You
  • Know

• The prescription is that the subject must be made to show new aspects of itself; to prompt new questions; in a word, to change. From an unchanging subject the attention inevitably wanders away.

  

  William James
  • Attention
  • Made
  • Aspect

• There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Arms
  • Heroism
  • Self-Denial