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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Seneca

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
SENECA

Book Reading
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.
SENECA

Inspirational Patience Plant Time Tree Wind
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
SENECA

Courage Dare Difficult Motivational Strength
The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
SENECA

God Holy Mind Purity
No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
SENECA

Friendship Goodness One Liner Pleasant Share
It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
SENECA

Believe Goodness Inspirational One Liner Worse
He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
SENECA

Mad Man Seek Thinking Wisdom Wise
What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
SENECA

Call Life Need Tears Weep
He is most powerful who governs himself.
SENECA

Attitude Inspirational One Liner Powerful Rule
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.
SENECA

Enjoyment Future Happiness Present Satisfaction True
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
SENECA

Exercise Greatness Power Rule Self Control
Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
SENECA

Boredom Future Life Present Rush Suffering
Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
SENECA

Authority Duration Injustice Patience
Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
SENECA

Acting Excellence Inspirational Length Life Play
Speech is the mirror of the mind.
SENECA

Mind Mirror One Liner Speech
The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
SENECA

Finding Gain Problem Solution Strength Success

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

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