To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
...there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.
SenecaPhilosophy calls for simple living, not for doing penance, and the simple way of life need not be a crude one.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
Philosophy is good advice; and no one can give advice at the top of his lungs.
SenecaStichwörter: philosophy
Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the crowd: it is so easy for it to go over to the majority.
SenecaStichwörter: conformity
Limiting one’s desires actually helps to cure one of fear. ‘Cease to hope … and you will cease to fear.’ … Widely different [as fear and hope] are, the two of them march in unison like a prisoner and the escort he is handcuffed to. Fear keeps pace with hope … both belong to a mind in suspense, to a mind in a state of anxiety through looking into the future. Both are mainly due to projecting our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
It is a great man that can treat his earthenware as if it was silver, and a man who treats his silver as if it was earthenware is no less great.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
Regard [a friend] as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
You should … live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy as keep to yourself.
SenecaStichwörter: stoicism
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