Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
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We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.
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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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No one can wear a mask for very long.
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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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A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power.
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He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.
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The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.
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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.
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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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The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.
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Find a path or make one.
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We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
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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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Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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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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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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It is opportunity that makes the thief.
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See what daily exercise does for one.
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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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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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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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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.