The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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