Seneca the Younger Quotes
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.
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Full of men, vacant of friends.
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What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
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A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.
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Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
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Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
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After death there is nothing.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries the banished man home, and places all mortals on the same level, insomuch that life itself were a punishment without it.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity.
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He worships God who knows him.
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It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature has laid the foundations or sown the seeds of the virtues. We are born to them all, all of us, and when a person comes along with the necessary stimulus, then those qualities of the personality are awakened, so to speak, from their slumber.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy.
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We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!
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Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.
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The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.
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Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to it.