“All things that are still to come lie in uncertainty; live straightway!” — Seneca Doubt Copy Share Image
“There is no favorable wind for the sailor who doesn’t know where to go” — Seneca River Copy Share Image
“Peace you can claim for yourself without being disliked by anyone, without any sense of loss, and without any pangs of spirit.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“When Zeno received news of a shipwreck and heard that all his luggage had been sunk he said, 'Fortune bids me to… — Seneca Philosopher Copy Share Image
“Natural abilities do not respond well to compulsion; when Nature is in opposition, labour is fruitless.” — Seneca Compulsion Copy Share Image
“No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity” — Seneca Misfortune Copy Share Image
“reflect how pleasant it is to demand nothing, how noble it is to be contented and not to be dependent upon Fortune.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“offer new prayers; pray for a sound mind and for good health, first of soul and then of body.” — Seneca Good health Copy Share Image
“You must vie with time's swiftness in the speed of using it, and, as from a torrent that rushes by and will… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“What then is good? The knowledge of things. What is evil? The lack of knowledge of things.” — Seneca Evil Copy Share Image
“The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the… — Seneca Blessings Copy Share Image
“As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body’s needs are few: it… — Seneca Body needs Copy Share Image
“The things that are indispensable require no elaborate pains for their acquisition; it is only the luxuries that call for labour. Follow… — Seneca Luxuries Copy Share Image
“Does it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the… — Seneca Pompey Copy Share Image
“Let my mind be fixed on itself, cultivate itself, have no external interest – nothing that seeks the approval of another; let… — Seneca Peace Copy Share Image
“Of all men, only those who find time for philosophy are at leisure; only they are truly alive; for it is not… — Seneca Leisure Copy Share Image
“Well then, shall we act like other men? Shall there be no distinction between ourselves and the world?" Yes, a very great… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Everywhere means nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.… — Seneca Acquaintance Copy Share Image
“No one is despised by others unless he be previously despised by himself: a groveling and abject mind may fall an easy… — Seneca Psychology Copy Share Image
“They strive to attain their wishes by every available means, instructing and compelling themselves to dishonest and difficult acts. And when their… — Seneca Desire Copy Share Image
“And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe… — Seneca Drama Copy Share Image
“Still, my determination to put your moral strength of purpose to the test is such that I propose to give even you… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Therefore continually remind yourself, Lucilius, how many ambitions you have attained. When you see many ahead of you, think how many are… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“And so, if only we are willing to withdraw our necks from the yoke, we can keep as stout a heart against… — Seneca Freedom Copy Share Image
“It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more. What difference does… — Seneca Investing Copy Share Image
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening — Seneca God Copy Share Image
