Philosophy Quote by Seneca — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

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

“No matter how many men you kill, you can't kill your successor.”

“you shall be told what pleased me to-day in the writings of”

“A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.”

“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”

“The road ahead is long and there will be many setbacks. Success is not assured… but the price of failure has never been this high.”

“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do your thinking—that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.”