342 Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.