342 Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.