Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
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So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.
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How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.
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Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.
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If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.
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Whom they have injured they also hate.
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Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.
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What if a man save my life with a draught that was prepared to poison me? The providence of the issue does not at all discharge the obliquity of the intent. And the same reason holds good even in religion itself. It is not the incense, or the offering that is acceptable to God, but the purity and devotion of the worshipper.
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All that lies betwixt the cradle and the grave is uncertain.
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I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.