Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.
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Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.
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It is sweet to mingle tears with tears; Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.
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Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right; for from thence comes the will.
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God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.
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To meditate an injury is to commit one.
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No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.
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Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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A troubled countenance oft discloses much.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.
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There is this blessing, that while life has but one entrance, it has exits innumerable, and as I choose the house in which I live, the ship in which I will sail, so will I choose the time and manner of my death.
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Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.