The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPeople do not die – they kill themselves.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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