He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccessful villany is called virtue.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Time discovers truth.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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