Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.
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Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.
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Simple is the language of truth.
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Lack of desire is the greatest riches.
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Home joys are blessed of heaven.
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Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.
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Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.
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It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book.
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Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.
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Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.
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Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.
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The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.
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Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution
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Ignorance is the cause of fear.
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What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law