Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
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Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
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Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
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Do everything as in the eye of another.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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No man was ever wise by chance.
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No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
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Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.