It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.
SenecaTags: stoicism
Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.
SenecaTags: philosophy stoic stoicism
Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare diabolicum.
SenecaTags: sagacious
Whereas we believe lightning to be released as a result of the collision of clouds, they believe that the clouds collide so as to release lightning: for as they attribute all to deity, they are led to believe not that things have a meaning insofar as they occur, but rather that they occur because they must have a meaning.
SenecaThe bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
SenecaDesultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
SenecaTags: reading-books
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them
SenecaTags: wealth
fallaces sunt rerum species
SenecaHumanity is the quality which stops one being arrogant towards one's fellows, or being acrimonious.
SenecaPeople who know no self-restraint lead stormy and disordered lives, passing their time in a state of fear commensurate with the injuries they do to others, never able to relax.
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