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

“Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk”

“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”

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

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

“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars”

“It's a sad day for American Capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over central park.”

“There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who go with the flow, where destiny takes them, and those who fight their fate. While the formers are blessed with happiness, the latter achieve something far greater–fulfilment.”

“Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know themselves.”

“The positivists have a simple solution: the world must be divided into that which we can say clearly and the rest, which we had better pass over in silence. But can anyone conceive of a more pointless philosophy, seeing that what we can say clearly amounts to next to nothing? If we omitted all that is unclear, we would probably be left completely uninteresting and trivial tautologies.”

“Actually it is quite devastating to realise how few people ever think at all. They mostly take their ideas from what they are told on the wireless, television, or in the newspapers, from people who are prepared to take a reasonable fee. To suggest anything different makes you tread on many corns of vested interest. No professional pathfinder likes you for doing it.”