Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once.
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He who fears from near at hand often fears less.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
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The abundance of books is distraction
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Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged
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The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.
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Every journey has an end.
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Love of action is not industry.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.
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Life is most delightful on the downward slope.
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What else is nature but God?
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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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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.
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Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.
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It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.