Seneca
Seneca
amuse anxious dependence duties either enjoy god happiness hopes ourselves rest satisfied sufficient toward true understand
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient
amuse anxious blessings content dependence either enjoy fears great happiness hopes mankind ourselves rest satisfied true wants whatever wise wishing within
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.
anxious dependence enjoy happiness true
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
learn learning life
We learn not in the school, but in life
costs hunger pride tis
Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride
canadian-politician
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
future injure pleasures
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
separate
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
choose death depart house life propose select shall
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
forced together wicked withdraw
We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself
cured delay reason time
Give yourself time and room; what reason could not avoid, delay has often cured
himself power powerful
He is most powerful who has power over himself
advice life terrify worth
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
forgive forgiveness inhuman none
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none