Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Why is Iraq so easy to harm and so hard to help?
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Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years – the mind anyway is subject to conditions.
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I don't watch a lot of TV.
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The Bush tax cuts, they ought to be made permanent in my mind so there is certainty out there.
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Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
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Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.
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Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice; being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.
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A person who is shallow aspires to depth; one who is ugly aspires to beauty; one who is narrow aspires to breadth; one who is poor aspires to wealth; one who is humble aspires to esteem. Whatever one lacks in oneself he must seek outside.
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I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it. It seemed to me that people were living a sort of small sermon that they believed in, but at the same time it was a fairy tale. Selfish desires, along with one or two highly suspect elevated thoughts. They secretly regard themselves as works of art, valuable in themselves.
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Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory.
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I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant, and spending all my money, and, what is worse for you, I have been spending yours too.
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I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle. They cannot dwindle fast enough.
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I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.
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I am very observant of people's character.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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The Enlightenment was an attempt to liberate myth and base truth claims on evidence, not just dogma. But when science threw out the church, they threw out the baby with the bath water.
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It's like a mathematical law, Grace.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
