Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
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Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.
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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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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live a false life that is all made up for show; for it is torturous to be constantly watching oneself and be fearful of being caught out of our usual role. And we are never free from concern if we think that every time anyone looks at us he is always taking-our measure; for many things happen that strip off our pretence against our will, and, though all this attention to self is successful, yet the life of those who live under a mask cannot be happy and without anxiety.
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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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Mercy often inflicts death.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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See what daily exercise does for one.
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Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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Every change of place becomes a delight.
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It is opportunity that makes the thief.
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The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.
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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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True love hates and will not bear delay.
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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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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.