Anyone who likes may make things easier for himself by…

““Anyone who likes may make things easier for himself by viewing them with equanimity.””

Seneca

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

Viewing challenges calmly reduces suffering and eases action.

In simple terms: Stay calm to simplify life.

Key Takeaway

Practice equanimity daily.

Themes

calmness resilience wisdom

Mood

thoughtful steady

Type

philosophical inspirational

When to use this quote

stressful work
conflict resolution
personal setbacks

Key Concepts

stoicism emotional regulation mindfulness

Questions to Reflect On

When can you remain calm?
What triggers your agitation?

A Different Perspective

Equanimity can be hard to maintain under pressure.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

Difficulties Equanimity

More by Seneca

“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy…

Seneca

“The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence.”

Seneca

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Seneca

“the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. When I say "can," I…

Seneca

“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that”

Seneca

“But both courses are to be avoided; you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate the many…

Seneca

“Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun…

Seneca

“I’ve come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to change one’s…

Seneca

“Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself…

Seneca

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Seneca

“On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not…

Seneca

“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”

Seneca

“we perish because we follow other men's examples: we should be cured of this if we were to disengage ourselves from the herd;”

Seneca

“they Whatever can make life truly happy is absolutely good in its own right because it cannot be warped into evil From whence then…

Seneca

“And when the soul has yielded to pleasure, its functions and actions grow weak, and any undertaking comes from a nerveless and unsteady source.”

Seneca

Explore all 286 Seneca quotes

More Difficulties quotes

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Teju Cole

I have always followed Arsenal in the Premier League. At some points they were really good, but also had some difficulties like a lot…

Gervinho

“A variety of difficulties will come your way. But at the time of difficulty, you will be able to find a ready made medicine…

Dada Bhagwan

Too much is made for us; too much is given to us - even those of us who are underprivileged. The poverty is given…

John Edgar Wideman

Lifes difficulties can seem overwhelming, and you may face times when problems seem encompassing. Dont look back at what youve lost, for the road…

Anonymous

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.

Benjamin Stillingfleet

War is being declared to-morrow here so perhaps you can understand that I have been working under difficulties, but difficulties negligible compared with what…

Malcolm Lowry

New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow.

Mao Zedong

“We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on our difficulties”

Oswald Chambers

I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do,…

William Kamkwamba

Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally…

Kathleen Norris