36 Quotes About Seneca

Zu den herrlichsten Schätzen, die durch die Bemühungen anderer aus der Finsternis ans Licht gezogen sind, werden wir geführt; kein Zeitalter ist uns verschlossen, zu allen haben wir Zutritt [...]Die Zusammenfassung aller Zeiten macht ihm [/ihr] das Leben lang.

A man is as much a fool for shedding tears because he isn't going to be alive a thousand years from now.

why should I demand from fortune that she should give me this and that rather than demand from myself that I should not ask for them? why should I ask for them, after all? am I to pile them up in total forgetfulness of the frailty of human existence?

Even in the longest life real living is the least portion thereof.

Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.

What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.

All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within.

The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today. You are arranging what is in Fortune's control and abandoning what lies in yours.

His eyes were filled with tears, but his smile was encouraging. 'I hope you find what you're looking for.