1. “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” ― Seneca

  2. “Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them.” ― Seneca

  3. “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” ― Seneca

  4. “Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.” ― Seneca

  5. “How does it help… to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?” ― Seneca

  6. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” ― Seneca

  7. “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” ― Seneca

  8. “Time heals what reason cannot.” ― Seneca

  9. “Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.” ― Seneca

  10. “Life, if well lived, is long enough.” ― Seneca

  11. “The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.” ― Seneca

  12. “It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much… The life we receive is not short but we make it so.” ― Seneca

  13. “Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.” ― Seneca

  14. “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca

  15. “As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.” — Seneca

  16. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Seneca

  17. “Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.” ― Seneca

  18. “While we wait for life, life passes.” ― Seneca

  19. “We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.” ― Seneca

  20. “Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?” — Seneca

  21. “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so, wants nothing.” — Seneca

  22. “Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.” — Seneca

  23. “If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” ― Seneca

  24. “Associate with people who are likely to improve you.” ― Seneca

  25. “To wish to progress is the largest part of progress.” ― Seneca

  26. “Besides, he who is feared, fears also; no one has been able to arouse terror and live in peace of mind.” ― Seneca

  27. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” ― Seneca

  28. “Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.” ― Seneca

  29. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” ― Seneca

  30. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” ― Seneca

  31. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” — Seneca

  32. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” ― Seneca

  33. “A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.” ― Seneca

  34. “So you must match time’s swiftness with your speed in using it, and you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow.” ― Seneca

  35. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” ― Seneca

  36. “The good things of prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.” ― Seneca

  37. “Every guilty person is his own hangman.” ― Seneca

  38. “All cruelty springs from weakness.” — Seneca

  39. “Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.” ― Seneca

  40. “A good judge condemns wrongful acts, but does not hate them.” ― Seneca

  41. “I am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land.” ― Seneca

  42. “Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.” ― Seneca

  43. “Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.” ― Seneca

  44. “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” ― Seneca

  45. “It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.” ― Seneca

  46. “Friendship is always helpful, but love sometimes even does harm” ― Seneca

  47. “A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.” ― Seneca

  48. “You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire” ― Seneca

  49. “Worse than war is the very fear of war.” ― Seneca

  50. “Remember, however, before all else, to strip things of all that disturbs and confuses, and to see what each is at the bottom; you will then comprehend that they contain nothing fearful except the actual fear.” ― Seneca

  51. “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” – Seneca

  52. “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” – Seneca

  53. “Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.” – Seneca

  54. “There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.” – Seneca

  55. “Silence is a lesson learned through life’s many sufferings.” – Seneca

  56. “He who is brave is free.” – Seneca

  57. “If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.” – Seneca

  58. “No man was ever wise by chance.” – Seneca

  59. “Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We’ve been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.” – Seneca

  60. “They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.” – Seneca

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