There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on fear
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on freedom
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on freedom
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on friendship
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on future
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on future
I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on god
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on good
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on good
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on good
The good things of prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on good
When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on good
Why do I not seek some real good one which I could feel, not one which I could display? Lucius Annaeus Seneca on good