Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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A troubled countenance oft discloses much.
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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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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.
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What you think is the summit is only a step up
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Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as they have begun.
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A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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Throughout the whole of life one must continue to learn to live and what will amaze you even more, throughout life you must learn to die. Seneca (Roman philosopher)
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He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.
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A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.
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Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.