Lucius Annaeus Seneca Great Quotations

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

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.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

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. The great 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.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.