Seneca Quotes
Roman Stoic philosopher and adviser to emperors, whose Letters to Lucilius teach how to use time well, endure hardship and live according to nature. Seneca's essays read like they were written yesterday. Below are 15 of the most loved Seneca quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
We learn more from the winds of adversity than from the smooth seas of prosperity.
He who is brave is free.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
No man was ever wise by chance.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Nothing is burdensome if it is lightened by cheerfulness.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.