“We must indulge the mind and from time to time allow it the leisure which is its food and strength.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“We are, therefore, seeking how the mind can follow a smooth and steady course, well disposed to itself, happily regarding its own… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“I’ve come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Let no one,' I say, 'who will make me no worthy return for such a loss rob me of a single day;… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Are you surprised, as if it were a novelty, that after such long travel and so many changes of scene you have… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“At times we ought to drink even to intoxication, not so as to drown, but merely to dip ourselves in wine, for… — Seneca 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 Copy Share Image
“In consequence, when the pleasures have been removed which busy people derive from their actual activities, the mind cannot endure the house,… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Throw aside all hindrances and give up your time to attaining a sound mind” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“offer new prayers; pray for a sound mind and for good health, first of soul and then of body.” — Seneca 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 Copy Share Image
“You must linger among a limited number of master thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“In truth, Serenus, I have for a long time been silently asking myself to what I should liken such a condition of… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
![“Are you surprised, as if it were a novelty, that after such long travel and so many changes of scene you have not been able to shake off the gloom and heaviness of your mind? You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate. [...] Do you ask why such flight does not help you? It is…” quote by Seneca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a4a/seneca-956_change_are-you-surprised-as-if-it-were-a-novelt_2109314.jpg)
