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.
SENECAMost powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
More Seneca Quotes
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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After death there is nothing.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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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.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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He who is brave is free.
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