“[I]ndulge the body just so far as suffices for good health. It needs to be treated somewhat strictly to prevent it from… — Seneca Good health Copy Share Image
“by foreseeing anything that can happen as though it will happen he will soften the onslaught of all his troubles, which present… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“We must limit the running to and fro which most men practise, rambling about houses, theatres, and marketplaces. They mind other men's… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“By the toil of others we are brought into the presence of things which have been brought from darkness into light.” — Seneca Darkness Copy Share Image
“If anyone says that the best life of all is to sail the sea, and then adds that I must not sail… — Seneca Education Copy Share Image
“you shall be told what pleased me to-day in the writings of Hecato; it is these words: "What progress, you ask, have… — Seneca Friendship Copy Share Image
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.” — Seneca Philosophy Copy Share Image
“det ille veniam facile, cui venia est opus - the one who needs pardon should readily grant it” — Seneca Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Suspice, etiam si decidunt, magna conantes " "Admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail" "Admira, incluso si caen, a… — Seneca Seneca Copy Share Image
“Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk” — Seneca Philosophy Copy Share Image
“We Stoics are not subjects of a despot: each of us lays claim to his own freedom.” — Seneca Stoicism 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 Ask yourself 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 Aftermath Copy Share Image
“For it is dangerous to attach one's self to the crowd in front, and so long as each one of us is… — Seneca American politics Copy Share Image
“every individual can make himself happy. External goods are of trivial importance and without much influence in either direction: prosperity does not… — Seneca Wealth Copy Share Image
“You are unfortunate in my judgment, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face… — Seneca Adversity Copy Share Image
“Awake, my heart, And do such deeds as in the time to come No tongue shall praise, but none refuse to tell.” — Seneca Time Copy Share Image
“No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity” — Seneca Philosophy 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 Purpose Copy Share Image
