Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger God is near you, is with you, is inside you. Seneca the Younger love There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed. Seneca the Younger investingsituationchanged The best cure for anger is delay. Seneca the Younger delaycureswisdom On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown. Seneca the Younger well-knowndoelying No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it. Seneca the Younger pleasantgood-thingsshare Laugh at your problems; everybody else does. Seneca the Younger problemdoelaughing Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour. Seneca the Younger our-wordsactioninspirational Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last. Seneca the Younger lastsmomentstime He is most powerful who governs himself. Seneca the Younger most-powerfulpowerful Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. Seneca the Younger philosophicalwishdeath The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company Seneca the Younger abilitymindmen Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. Seneca the Younger wiseinspirationalmen You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead? Seneca the Younger kindnesslifedeath Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life. Seneca the Younger positive-thinkingaddictionlife I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them. Seneca the Younger writingmenideas It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. Seneca the Younger greatnesswhat-mattersinspirational To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body. Seneca the Younger laughteradversitymen It is remarkable that Providence has given us all things for our advantage near at hand; but iron, gold, and silver, being both the instruments of blood and slaughter and the price of it, nature has hidden in the bowels of the earth. Seneca the Younger ironhandsblood We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. Seneca the Younger procrastinationactinglife My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application-not far far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech-and learn them so well that words become works. Seneca the Younger teachingwritinghappy-life
