Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”

“Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.”

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

“Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Midd...”

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

“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”

“A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.”

“The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.”

“Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.”

“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.”

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.”

“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”

“In war there is no prize for runner-up.”

“In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.”

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”