Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.
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Men practice war; beasts do not.
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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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No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
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Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
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We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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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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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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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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Find a path or make one.
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Do what you should, not what you may.
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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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Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
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You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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Every change of place becomes a delight.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.
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The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.