Author of quotes: Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Page 2

One of the pledges of security is not to strive for it openly: after all, from what we hold on, we condemn.

We are most in awe of what threatens the power of others: after all, such a misfortune comes with great noise and confusion.

After all, everyone, once having lost peace, is ready to give himself free rein and will not believe the fear in reality.

After all, we suffer for the most part from suspicion, we are fooled by the one that often ends wars, and even more often finishes people off one by one - rumor.

Promise me one thing: when they begin to convince you from all sides that you are unhappy, think not about what you hear, but about what you feel.

We are either increasing our suffering, or inventing it, or anticipating it.

An athlete who has not known bruises cannot go into battle with courage. Only the one who saw his own blood, whose teeth cracked under the fist, who, having received the bandwagon, withstood the weight of the enemy with his whole body, who, having fallen, did not lose heart and, overturned, stood up even more adamant every time - only he, entering the battle , does not part with hope.

One day is equal to every other.

Every day is a step in life, our entire age is divided into parts and consists of circles, smaller and larger, covering smaller ones.

Become a slave to philosophy in order to achieve true freedom.

He who seems to be a bum is busy with the most important matters, both divine and human together.

I say this for you, not for the crowd: after all, each of us for the other is a packed theater.

For me, one person is like a whole nation, and a nation is like one person.

Meanwhile, both one and the other must be avoided: one cannot become like the evil because there are many of them, one cannot hate many because one does not become like them.