The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate. Seneca the Younger climatesoulinspirational When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Seneca the Younger stylemindwriting Man is a reasoning Animal. Seneca the Younger lawanimalmen Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. Seneca the Younger insecuretyrantsland I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one. Seneca the Younger kindness The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed. Seneca the Younger inspirationalfriendshipgiving Fear drives the wretched to prayer Seneca the Younger wretchedprayer That grief is light which can take counsel. Seneca the Younger grieflight There is no genius free from some tincture of madness Seneca the Younger genius-and-madnessmadnessgenius He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it Seneca the Younger commandsinmay Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness. Seneca the Younger chess-gameplayergames Who has more leisure than a worm? Seneca the Younger wormsleisure [During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories. Seneca the Younger ruinsmistakeway We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!] Seneca the Younger hurtdarkreality No man ever became wise by chance. Seneca the Younger chancewisemen Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more that earthenware. Seneca the Younger gratitudehe-manmen There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it. Seneca the Younger interpretationgratitudebenefits He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it. Seneca the Younger gratitudestruggleappreciation Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Seneca the Younger new-beginningsspringlife A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is. Seneca the Younger happyattitudemen
