Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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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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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Every journey has an end.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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