Seneca
Seneca
leaders-and-leadership
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
knowledge salvation
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
attention behold brave direct equal evil man matched turning worthy
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
dash force foreign grow men wear
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.
expecting impediment loses
Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
act
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
fear frightened imagination
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
greatness heights leads rough
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
brainy cannot gem man nor polished
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
business port wind
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
anxious dependence enjoy happiness true
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
beautiful friendship friends-or-friendship qualities understand
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
man sick
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.