True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.— Seneca
Seneca Quotes
44 quotes by Seneca
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.— Seneca
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.— Seneca
He who is brave is free.— Seneca
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.— Seneca
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in apprehension than in reality.— Seneca
The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.— Seneca
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.— Seneca
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.— Seneca
Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms; you'll be able to use them better when you're older.— Seneca
While we wait for life, life passes.— Seneca
No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.— Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?— Seneca
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.— Seneca
Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.— Seneca
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.— Seneca
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.— Seneca
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.— Seneca
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.— Seneca
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity.— Seneca
Life is long if you know how to use it.— Seneca
It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times.— Seneca
The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach.— Seneca
Hold fast to time. Some moments are snatched away, some are stolen, some vanish.— Seneca
A great mind becomes a great fortune.— Seneca
Postponement is the greatest waste of life: it deprives us of each day as it comes.— Seneca
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.— Seneca
All cruelty springs from weakness.— Seneca
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.— Seneca
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.— Seneca
The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.— Seneca
Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.— Seneca
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.— Seneca
We learn not for school but for life.— Seneca
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.— Seneca
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.— Seneca
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.— Seneca
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.— Seneca
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.— Seneca
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.— 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
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.— Seneca
No man was ever wise by chance.— Seneca
While we are postponing, life speeds by.— Seneca