No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron. 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 investing situation changed The best cure for anger is delay. Seneca the Younger delay cures wisdom On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown. Seneca the Younger well-known doe lying No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it. Seneca the Younger pleasant good-things share Laugh at your problems; everybody else does. Seneca the Younger problem doe laughing 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-words action inspirational Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last. Seneca the Younger lasts moments time He is most powerful who governs himself. Seneca the Younger most-powerful powerful Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. Seneca the Younger philosophical wish death 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 ability mind men Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. Seneca the Younger wise inspirational men 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 kindness life death Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life. Seneca the Younger positive-thinking addiction life I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.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 writing men ideas 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 greatness what-matters inspirational 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 laughter adversity men 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 iron hands blood 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 procrastination acting life 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 teaching writing happy-life
