No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPrecepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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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.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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