Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just. SENECA THE YOUNGER AngerGiveJudgement
Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams. SENECA THE YOUNGER DreamPeopleVice
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. SENECA THE YOUNGER AdversityBraveMen
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds. SENECA THE YOUNGER ConsistencyDeed
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life. SENECA THE YOUNGER MenQualityQuantityWise
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. SENECA THE YOUNGER HappinessInspirationalLaughter
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling SENECA THE YOUNGER DistanceInspireLife
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing. SENECA THE YOUNGER ChoiceDressingPracticeWindow
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal. SENECA THE YOUNGER AffectionCoalSquares
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal. SENECA THE YOUNGER HealInspirationalReason
You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead? SENECA THE YOUNGER DeathKindnessLife
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope. SENECA THE YOUNGER DoubtHopeWise
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious. SENECA THE YOUNGER EfficaciousExampleGoodTedious
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature. SENECA THE YOUNGER IgnorantLifeSoul
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. SENECA THE YOUNGER IndependenceStepTreatment
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes. SENECA THE YOUNGER ContinueDreamIndulgeMen
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it. SENECA THE YOUNGER AppreciationGratitudeStruggle
It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. SENECA THE YOUNGER GiveInspirationalMen
