Find a path or make one. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom. Seneca the Younger monarchy born god The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances. Seneca the Younger adversity powerful courage The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off. Seneca the Younger unfortunate long way There's no delight in owning anything unshared. Seneca the Younger delight helping-others helping Time discovers truth. Seneca the Younger truth time life Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure. Seneca the Younger leisure anxiety praying That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this -- that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution. Seneca the Younger want desire needs The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. Seneca the Younger greatest-wealth simplicity spiritual No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. Seneca the Younger integrity being-happy lying Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs. Seneca the Younger eye men war Time is the greatest remedy for anger. Seneca the Younger remedy time The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall. Seneca the Younger tempest house fall Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it. Seneca the Younger prudence and-love ends How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself? Seneca the Younger action Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us. Seneca the Younger retreat battle fighting Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity. Seneca the Younger energy self insanity It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Seneca the Younger shortness waste life True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong. Seneca the Younger thrive strong praise Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. Seneca the Younger powerful happiness men It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. Seneca the Younger inspirational giving men
