Quotes from Seneca the Younger

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

Philosophy is the health of the mind.

Everything may happen.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.

Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.

The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom.

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.

We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

He worships God who knows him.

Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.