“Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” — Seneca Religion Copy Share Image
“it makes no difference how important the provocation may be, but into what kind of soul it penetrates. Similarly with fire; it… — Seneca Fire Copy Share Image
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.” — Seneca Power Copy Share Image
“In sapientis quoque animo, etiam cum uulnus sanatum est, cicatrix manet." : "The wise man's mind will keep its scar long after… — 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“All the greatest blessings are a source of anxiety, and at no time should fortune be less trusted than when it is… — Seneca Anxiety Copy Share Image
“distringit librorum multitudo (the abundance of books is distraction)” — Seneca Book Copy Share Image
“Everywhere means nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.… — Seneca Books Copy Share Image
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening — Seneca God Copy Share Image
“Peace you can claim for yourself without being disliked by anyone, without any sense of loss, and without any pangs of spirit.” — Seneca Peace Copy Share Image
“So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not Ill-supplied but wasteful… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?” — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“We are in the habit of saying that it was not in our power to choose the parents who were allotted to… — Seneca Children Copy Share Image
“And what’s so bad about your being deprived of that?... All things seem unbearable to people who have become spoilt, who have… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“I know that these mental disturbances of mine are not dangerous and give no promise of a storm; to express what I… — Seneca Anomie Copy Share Image
“Turn to philosophy, therefore, with all your soul, sit at her feet, cherish her; a great distance will then begin to separate… — Seneca Philosophy Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other evidence of his having lived long except… — Seneca Age 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 Change Copy Share Image
“life is not worth living, and there is no limit to our sorrows, if we indulge our fears to the greatest possible… — Seneca Fear Copy Share Image
“The day has already begun to lessen. It has shrunk considerably, but yet will still allow a goodly space of time if… — Seneca Time Copy Share Image
“Anyone who likes may make things easier for himself by viewing them with equanimity.” — Seneca Difficulties Copy Share Image
