died 65
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman philosopher, statesman, and playwright. He is best known for his philosophical works exploring Stoicism, as well as his plays which were highly regarded during his time. Seneca served as an advisor to Emperor Nero and is remembered for his moral and ethical teachings that continue to influence modern philosophy.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Life is long if you know how to use it.
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
While we teach, we learn.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Like our stomachs, our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.
No man was ever wise by chance.
He who is brave is free.
Learning how to live takes a whole life.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
He who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary.
‚How much progress shall I make?’ you ask. Just as much as you try to make.
Everything hangs on one’s thinking… A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
Nothing delights the mind as much as loving and loyal friendship.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
The mind must be given relaxation. It will rise improved and sharper after a good break.
Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.
You should keep learning…to the end of your life.
He who is everywhere is nowhere.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving.
It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.
It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it.