475 Quotes by Seneca

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and evil

He who boasts of his descent praises the deeds of another.

The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.

We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth.

Learn how to feel joy.

The greatest man is he who chooses the right with the most invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calm in storms; and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.

Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.