"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.” ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature." ~Seneca
"A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.." ~Seneca
"A thing is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learned." ~Seneca
"A wise man can lose nothing. He has everything invested in himself." ~Seneca
"As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure." ~Seneca
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters." ~Seneca
"Adversity introduces a man to himself." ~Seneca, Roman Philosopher
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life." ~Seneca
“Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.” ~Seneca
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labour does the body." ~Seneca
"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones." ~Seneca
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." ~Seneca
"Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?~ Seneca
"For many men, the acquisition of wealth doesn't end their troubles, it only changes them." ~Seneca
"Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Happy is the man who can make others better, not merely when he is in their company, but even when he is in their thoughts." ~Seneca
"He who is everywhere is nowhere." ~Seneca
"I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling." ~Seneca
"I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good." ~Seneca
"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." ~Seneca
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." ~Seneca
"If you wished to be loved, love." ~Seneca
"I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling." ~Seneca
"I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good." ~Seneca
"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." ~Seneca
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." ~Seneca
"If you wished to be loved, love." ~Seneca
"In the absence of purpose, life becomes an endless journey to nowhere." ~Seneca
"It better befits a man to laugh at life than to lament over it." ~Seneca
"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing." ~Seneca on Knowledge
"... it is [my fault] if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so." ~Seneca
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." ~Seneca
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." ~Seneca
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands." ~Seneca
"Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy." ~Seneca
"Love in its essence is spiritual fire." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" Seneca (Roman philosopher)
"Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own." ~Seneca
"Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art." ~Seneca
"No person was ever wise by chance." ~Seneca
"Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart." ~Seneca
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." ~Seneca the Younger (4BC-65AD)
"Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial." ~Seneca
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The appearances of things are deceptive." - (Fallaces sunt rerum species.) ~Seneca
"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity." ~Seneca
"The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it." ~Seneca
"We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." ~Seneca
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"It better befits a man to laugh at life than to lament over it." ~Seneca
"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing." ~Seneca on Knowledge
"... it is [my fault] if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so." ~Seneca
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." ~Seneca
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." ~Seneca
“It was Nature’s intention that there should be no need of great equipment for a good life: every individual can make himself happy. External goods are of trivial importance and without much influence in either direction: prosperity does not elevate the sage and adversity does not depress him. For he has always made the effort to rely as much as possible on himself and to derive all delight from within himself.” ~Seneca. From his letter to his mother.
"Let us prepare our minds as if we'd come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life's books each day... The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time." ~Seneca
"Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy." ~Seneca
"Love in its essence is spiritual fire." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" Seneca (Roman philosopher)
"Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own." ~Seneca
"Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art." ~Seneca
"No person was ever wise by chance." ~Seneca
"Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart." ~Seneca
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." ~Seneca the Younger (4BC-65AD)
"Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial." ~Seneca
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The appearances of things are deceptive." - (Fallaces sunt rerum species.) ~Seneca
"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity." ~Seneca
"The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it." ~Seneca
"The happy man is satisfied with his present situation, no matter what it is." ~Seneca
"The mind is the master over every kind of fortune: itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery." ~Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65), Roman statesman and philosopher
"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be." ~Seneca
“There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]” ~Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) on Satisfaction
"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage." ~Seneca the Younger
"Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others." ~Seneca
"Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding." ~Seneca
"The mind is the master over every kind of fortune: itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery." ~Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65), Roman statesman and philosopher
"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be." ~Seneca
“There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]” ~Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) on Satisfaction
"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage." ~Seneca the Younger
"Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others." ~Seneca
"Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding." ~Seneca
"Time heals what reason cannot." ~Seneca
"True happiness is ... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." ~Seneca
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing." ~Seneca
"True happiness is ... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." ~Seneca
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing." ~Seneca
"Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool." ~Seneca
"We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." ~Seneca
"We hold the flaws of others before our eyes and turn our backs toward our own." ~Seneca
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." ~Seneca
"What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember." ~Seneca on Suffering
"Where fear is, happiness is not." ~Seneca
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness." ~Seneca
"While we are postponing, life speeds by." ~Seneca
"What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember." ~Seneca on Suffering
"Where fear is, happiness is not." ~Seneca
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness." ~Seneca
"While we are postponing, life speeds by." ~Seneca
"You have to get used to your circumstances, complain about them as little as possible, and grasp whatever advantage they have to offer: no condition is so bitter that a stable mind cannot find some consolation in it." ~Seneca
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