Quotes from Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
An action will not be right unless the will be right for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right for from thence comes the will.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speech harmonize with life.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Malice drinks one half of its own poison.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca