The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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