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.
SENECALife is long, if you know how to use it.
More Seneca Quotes
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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