He is most powerful who governs himself.
SENECANo 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.
More Seneca Quotes
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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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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Find a path or make one.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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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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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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