“All things that are still to come lie in uncertainty; live straightway!” — Seneca Doubt Copy Share Image
“Some vices delight them as being proofs of their prosperity; it seems the part of a man who is very lowly and… — Seneca Wealth 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
“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
“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
“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 must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.” — Seneca Burdens Copy Share Image
A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor — Seneca Executions Copy Share Image
Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel: so we begin, that presently find kingdoms… — Seneca Birth Copy Share Image
“For we are not summoned according to the paristi register And besides there is no man so old as to make it… — seneca 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
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not… — Seneca God and man 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 Happiness 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
“...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
“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
There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and… — Seneca Humor Copy Share Image
“Pacuvius, who by long occupancy made Syria his own,8 used to hold a regular burial sacrifice in his own honour, with wine… — Seneca Eunuchs Copy Share Image
“Is there anything more ridiculous than a person talking with certitude about the future? Such people devote their energy on creating a… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“And this, too, affords no small occasion for anxieties - if you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself… — Seneca Fearful 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 Copy Share Image
“In consequence, when the pleasures have been removed which busy people derive from their actual activities, the mind cannot endure the house,… — Seneca Boredom Copy Share Image
“Would you say that that man is at leisure who arranges with finical care his Corinthian bronzes, that the mania of a… — Seneca Nature Copy Share Image
We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than reality — Seneca Fear Copy Share Image
“We must indulge the mind and from time to time allow it the leisure which is its food and strength.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.” — Seneca Power 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
“Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium - Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.” — Seneca Diligence Copy Share Image
“If you look on wealth as a thing to be valued your imaginary poverty will cause you torment.” — Seneca Poverty Copy Share Image
“We Stoics are not subjects of a despot: each of us lays claim to his own freedom.” — Seneca 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
“Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.” — Seneca Company Copy Share Image
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms -- you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“weigh carefully your hopes as well as your fears, and whenever all the elements are in doubt, decide in your own favour;… — Seneca Fear Copy Share Image
