Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when it is in his power to do so.
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It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.
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The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.
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To rule yourself is the ultimate power
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It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn't got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.
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Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.
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Resistance to oppression is second nature.
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It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Many men provoke others to overreach them by excessive suspicion; their extraordinary distrust in some sort justifies the deceit.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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This life is only a prelude to eternity.
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A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.
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Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.
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It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Let wickedness escape as it may at the bar, it never fails of doing justice upon itself; for every guilty person is his own hangman.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
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Abstinence is easier than temperance.