Quotes from Seneca the Younger

That which takes effect by chance is not an art.

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

Everything hangs on one's thinking.

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.

I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Death is a release from and an end of all pains.

The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.