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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes about fear

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For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it? A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not,... Lucius Annaeus Seneca
We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it. Our too great love for it makes us restless with fears, burdens us with cares, and exposes us to insults. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
They strive to attain their wishes by every available means, instructing and compelling themselves to dishonest and difficult acts. And when their labour is without reward, it is the fruitless disgrace that tortures them - they are not grieved to have desired evil things but to have desired in vain. Then remorse for what they began lays hold of them, and the fear of beginning again, and thence creeps in the agitation of mind which can find no relief - because neither can they rule nor can... Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Where fear is, happiness is not."
Where fear is, happiness is not. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of..."
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The day which we fear is out last is buth the birthday of..."
The day which we fear is out last is buth the birthday of eternity Lucius Annaeus Seneca
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night..."
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand."
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals..."
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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