“Reason shows us there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” — Seneca Opinions Copy Share Image
“The happy life is a life that is in harmony with its own nature.” — Seneca Happiness Copy Share Image
“The day which we fear is out last is buth the birthday of eternity” — Seneca Birthday Copy Share Image
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.” — Seneca Crisis 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 Drink 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
“Bonis nocet, qui malis parcit. He harms the good (people) who spares the evil.” — Seneca Evil Copy Share Image
“For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“As to what the future's uncertain lot has in store, why should I demand of Fortune that she give rather than demand… — Seneca Time Copy Share Image
“You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.” — Seneca Burdens 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
“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell… — Seneca Hardly 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 Like Men 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
“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
“To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp… — Seneca Harmful Copy Share Image
“the time of the actual enjoyment is short and swift, and made much shorter through their own fault. For they dash from… — Seneca Enjoyment Copy Share Image
“Pain is slight if opinion has added nothing to it; ... in thinking it slight, you will make it slight. Everything depends… — Seneca Inspirational Copy Share Image
“...sola est quies, mecum ruina cuncta si video abruta; mecum omnia abeant. Trahere cum pereas, libet. (...the only calm for me -… — Seneca Ruins 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“His eyes blaze and sparkle, his whole face is crimson with blood that surges from the lowest depths of the heart, his… — Seneca Hands together 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
“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
“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
“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
“We must limit the running to and fro which most men practise, rambling about houses, theatres, and marketplaces. They mind other men's… — Seneca Seeking Copy Share Image
“Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening — Seneca God Copy Share Image
