Poverty needs much, avarice everything. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger What else is nature but God? Seneca the Younger insight humor inspiration Those things which make the infernal regions terrible, the darkness, the prison, the river of flaming fire, the judgment seat, are all a fable, with which the poets amuse themselves, and by them agitate us with vain terrors. Seneca the Younger darkness fire rivers Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness...she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils. She strips men's minds of empty thinking, bestows a greatness that is solid and administers a check to greatness where it is puffed up and all an empty show; she sees that we are left no doubt about the difference between what is great and what is bloated. Seneca the Younger real happiness philosophy Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected. Seneca the Younger generations mind add No evil is without its compensation. Seneca the Younger compensation evil Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery. Seneca the Younger human-trafficking slavery inspirational Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position. Seneca the Younger unstable position limits To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent. Seneca the Younger tongue silent firsts There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality. Seneca the Younger happiness inspirational life A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it. Seneca the Younger action steps firsts Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces. Seneca the Younger pieces greatness men You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear. Seneca the Younger cease In every good man a God doth dwell. Seneca the Younger very-good good-man men Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept. Seneca the Younger matter history world The greater part of progress is the desire to progress. Seneca the Younger progress greater desire Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. Seneca the Younger brag descent ancestry Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party. Seneca the Younger party money long Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual. Seneca the Younger eye men long Lightning will wreck its displeasures not only upon pillars, trees, and sheep, but upon altars and temples, and let the sacrilegious go free. Seneca the Younger lightning sheep tree Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them. Seneca the Younger knowing ambition mind
