Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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If you judge, investigate.
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