Author Topic: ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca Quotes ~ (Read 2881 times)

MysteRy · « **Reply #45 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:54:49 PM »

There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

MysteRy · « **Reply #46 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:55:23 PM »

There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.

MysteRy · « **Reply #47 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:55:53 PM »

For the great benefits of our being- our life health and reason-we look upon ourselves.

MysteRy · « **Reply #48 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:56:27 PM »

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

MysteRy · « **Reply #49 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:57:02 PM »

Success is not greedy as people think but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.

MysteRy · « **Reply #50 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:57:47 PM »

For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them.

MysteRy · « **Reply #51 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:58:19 PM »

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

MysteRy · « **Reply #52 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:58:51 PM »

Anger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

MysteRy · « **Reply #53 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:59:23 PM »

Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

MysteRy · « **Reply #54 on:** March 25, 2015, 08:00:10 PM »

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

MysteRy · « **Reply #55 on:** March 25, 2015, 08:00:45 PM »

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

MysteRy · « **Reply #56 on:** March 25, 2015, 08:01:26 PM »

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

MysteRy · « **Reply #57 on:** March 25, 2015, 08:02:03 PM »

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary; and second to have what is enough.

MysteRy · « **Reply #58 on:** March 25, 2015, 08:02:35 PM »

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

MysteRy · « **Reply #59 on:** March 25, 2015, 08:03:11 PM »

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

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