Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.
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You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.
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He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.
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During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ... Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
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Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
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All that lies betwixt the cradle and the grave is uncertain.
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Fear drives the wretched to prayer
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To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.
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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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It is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with 'nature's laws', and secondly, resigning himself completely and uncomplainingly to whatever fate may send him. Only by living thus, and not setting too high a value on things which can at any moment be taken away from him, can he discover that true, unshakeable peace and contentment to which ambition, luxury and above all avarice are among the greatest obstacles.
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Delay not; swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.
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The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.
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No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.