“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell… — Seneca Philosophy 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… — Seneca Friendship 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 Responsibility 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… — Seneca Better man 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… — Seneca A-life-worth-living 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 Human spirit 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… — Seneca Better man 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… — Seneca Philosophy 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 Blood Copy Share Image
“we perish because we follow other men's examples: we should be cured of this if we were to disengage ourselves from the… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“they Whatever can make life truly happy is absolutely good in its own right because it cannot be warped into evil From… — Seneca Confidence Copy Share Image
“And when the soul has yielded to pleasure, its functions and actions grow weak, and any undertaking comes from a nerveless and… — Seneca Spirituality Copy Share Image
“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present… — Seneca Happiness Copy Share Image
Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand. — Seneca Advice Copy Share Image
“Virtue is not vouchsafed to a soul unless that soul has been trained and taught, and by unremitting practice brought to perfection.” — Seneca Character Copy Share Image
“Hence, the wise man accustoms himself to coming trouble, lightening by long reflection the evils which others lighten by long endurance. We… — Seneca Patience Copy Share Image
Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and evil — Seneca Good and evil 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 Peace Copy Share Image
“Natural abilities do not respond well to compulsion; when Nature is in opposition, labour is fruitless.” — Seneca Nature Copy Share Image
“all the works of mortal man have been doomed to mortality, and in the midst of things which have been destined to… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“The man who looks for the morrow without worrying over it knows a peaceful independence and a happiness beyond all others. Whoever… — Seneca Every day Copy Share Image
