What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life.
SenecaWild animals run from the dangers they actually see, and once they have escaped them worry no more. We however are tormented alike by what is past and what is to come. A number of our blessings do us harm, for memory brings back the agony of fear while foresight brings it on prematurely. No one confines his unhappiness to the present.
SenecaStichwörter: happiness
Once you have rid yourself of the affliction there, though, every change of scene will become a pleasure. You may be banished to the ends of the earth, and yet in whatever outlandish corner of the world you may find yourself stationed, you will find that place, whatever it may be like, a hospitable home. Where you arrive does not matter so much as what sort of person you are when you arrive there.
SenecaStichwörter: travel
Of this one thing make sure against your dying day - that your faults die before you do.
SenecaStichwörter: faults
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
SenecaPreserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are at their best.
SenecaStichwörter: gratitude
Cling, therefore, to this sound and wholesome plan of life; indulge the body just so far as suffices for good health. ... Your food should appease your hunger, your drink quench your thirst, your clothing keep out the cold, your house be a protection against inclement weather. It makes no difference whether it is built of turf or variegated marble imported from another country: what you have to understand is that thatch makes a person just as good a roof as gold.
SenecaStichwörter: simplicity
Spurn everything that is added by way of decoration and display by unneccesary labour. Relect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.
SenecaStichwörter: simplicity
Away with the world’s opinion of you – it’s always unsettled and divided. Away with the pursuits that have occupied the whole of your life – death is going to deliver the verdict in your case. ... It’s only when you’re breathing your last that the way you’ve spent your time will become apparent.
SenecaTo win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
SenecaStichwörter: philosophy
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