Seneca Quotes

True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

He who is brave is free.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in apprehension than in reality.

The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.

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

It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.

Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms; you'll be able to use them better when you're older.

While we wait for life, life passes.

No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you need is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.

Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity.

Life is long if you know how to use it.

It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times.

The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach.

Hold fast to time. Some moments are snatched away, some are stolen, some vanish.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Postponement is the greatest waste of life: it deprives us of each day as it comes.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

To be everywhere is to be nowhere.

He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

We learn not for school but for life.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.

No man was ever wise by chance.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.