The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself. SENECA THE YOUNGER InspirationalMindPeace
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death. SENECA THE YOUNGER AdDeathJourneyLife
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already. SENECA THE YOUNGER DeathForwardLifeLookPast
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man. SENECA THE YOUNGER MenRememberTolerance
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn. SENECA THE YOUNGER DawnExpectationNight
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work. SENECA THE YOUNGER GodTurnVoidWork
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. SENECA THE YOUNGER LifeShortnessWaste
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die. SENECA THE YOUNGER DeathDyingWonder
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. SENECA THE YOUNGER BestFriendInspirationalLifePrayer
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands. SENECA THE YOUNGER BookMindTogether
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds. SENECA THE YOUNGER DeedPunishmentWickedness
It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together. SENECA THE YOUNGER BenefitLetterTogether
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. SENECA THE YOUNGER BeneficialDelightfulRead
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods. SENECA THE YOUNGER MindMoneyRichSacrifice
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity. SENECA THE YOUNGER FaultImpetuosityYouth
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature. SENECA THE YOUNGER DesireMenNatureReturn
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. SENECA THE YOUNGER GodHeardLifeMen
