“No he nacido para un sólo rincón; mi patria es todo el mundo visible” — Seneca Amor Copy Share Image
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“We shall be rich with all the more comfort, if we once learn how far poverty is from being a burden” — Seneca Money 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 Scar Copy Share Image
“Why not stop trying to prevent posterity being silent about you? You were born to die, and a silent funeral is less… — Seneca Born to die 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
“All things were ready for us at our birth; it is we that have made everything difficult for ourselves, through our disdain… — Seneca Birth Copy Share Image
“The amount of life we truly live is small. For our existence on Earth is not Life, but merely Time.” — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“Similarly, too rich a soil makes the grain fall flat, branches break down under too heavy a load, excessive productiveness does not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Envy of other people shows how they are unhappy. Their continual attention to others behavior shows how they are boring.” — Seneca Boredom Copy Share Image
“..you are retained as counsel for unhappy mankind. You have promised to help those in peril by sea, those in captivity, the… — Seneca Counsel 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 Friend 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“prosperity does not elevate the sage and adversity does not depress him. For he has always made the effort to rely as… — Seneca Adversity Copy Share Image
“Each day... acquire something which will help you to face poverty, or death, and other ills as well. After running over a… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“we deceive ourselves in thinking that death only follows life whereas it both goes before and will follow after it for where… — Seneca Death 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
“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
“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
“The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime,… — Seneca Astronomy 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 Appreciation Copy Share Image
“Indeed the state of all who are preoccupied is wretched, but the most wretched are those who are toiling not even at… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“What then? Shall I not follow in the footsteps of my predecessors? I shall indeed use the old road, but if I… — Seneca Journey Copy Share Image
“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough,… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“You are living as if destined to live for ever; your own frailty never occurs to you; you don’t notice how much… — Seneca Death 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