It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe expression of truth is simplicity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
-
-
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER








