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 YOUNGERLight is that grief which counsel can allay.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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He who is brave is free.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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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!
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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