Seneca Quotes

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak with God as if men were listening.

Non exiguum temporis habemus, sed multum perdidimus. Satis longa vita.

No one can lead a happy life if he thinks only of himself.

We are weak, watery beings standing in the midst of unrealities; therefore let us turn our minds to the things that are everlasting.

We say that nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation.

He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.

“New friends, however, will not be the same.” No, nor will you yourself remain the same; you change with every day and every hour.

Eat merely to relieve your hunger; drink merely to quench your thirst; dress merely to keep out the cold; house yourself merely as a protection against personal discomfort.

No state is so bitter than a calm mind cannot find in it some consolation.

“You will have less money.” Yes, and less trouble. “Less influence.” Yes, and less envy.

When a man has said: "I have lived!", every morning he arises he receives a bonus.

Sooner will grief unite us with the dead than bring them back to us.

The best remedy for anger is delay.

See the foundations of the most celebrated cities hardly now to be discerned; they were ruined by anger. See deserts extending for many miles without an inhabitant: they have been desolated by anger.

Allow me, excellent Lucilius, to utter a still bolder word: if any goods could be greater than others, I should prefer those which seem harsh to those which are mild and alluring, and should pronounce them greater. For it is more of an accomplishment to break one’s way through difficulties than to keep joy within bounds.