Top 15 Seneca Quotes

Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.

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Native Name: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Alternative Names: Seneca the Younger • the Younger Seneca • Lucio Anneo Seneca • Annaeus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor • Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior • L. Annæus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger

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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

The day a man becomes superior to pleasure, he will also be superior to pain.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

The things you run from are inside you.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

People learn as they teach.

You should keep learning to the end of your life.

Show me a man who isn’t a slave; one who is a slave to sex, another to money, another to ambition; all are slaves to hope or fear.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

You should keep learning…to the end of your life.

Silence is a lesson learned through life's many sufferings.

Everything hangs on one’s thinking… A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving.