Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Excessive power sees power beyond its power.

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them.

To know how to despise pleasure is itself a pleasure.

It is easy to escape from business, if you will only despise the rewards of business.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.