“No past life has been lived to lend us glory, and that which has existed before us is not ours.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Friend Copy Share Image
“Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Attitude Copy Share Image
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Biology Copy Share Image
“No good thing renders its possessor happy, unless his mind is reconciled to the possibility of loss; nothing, however, is lost with… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“It is a great man that can treat his earthenware as if it was silver, and a man who treats his silver… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Great man Copy Share Image
“We are indeed apt to ascribe certain faults to the place or to the time; but those faults will follow us, no… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Change Copy Share Image
“Why do I not rather seek some real good - one which I could feel, not one which I could display? These… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Glitter Copy Share Image
“It is the quality of a great soul to scorn great things and to prefer that which is ordinary rather than that… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Great things Copy Share Image
“The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Psychology Copy Share Image
“Men whose spirit has grown arrogant from the great favor of fortune have this most serious fault—those whom they have injured they… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Arrogant Copy Share Image
