Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
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I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both this is an observation of the Middle Way.
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
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