Quotes by Seneca

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. I >>

Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. >>

The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it >>

Quotations about Happiness

Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it. >>

There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain, but the first >>

Man is the artificer of his own happiness. >>

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.

Seneca