Quotes By Author: Seneca

“It’s not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.”

“Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.”

“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 greatest 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.”

“Oft hat ein hochbetagter Greis keinen anderen Beweis für die Länge seiner Lebens als die Summe seiner Jahre.”

“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.”

“The best ideas are common property”

“No man was ever wise by chance”

“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via” – “There is no easy way from the earth to the stars”

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

“Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”