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

“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”

“I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend to all mankind”

“It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.”

“Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...”

“errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical.”

“To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.”

“Everybody wants to have intimate conversations, but the smart fellows don't give out, only the fools. The smart fellows talk intimately about the fools, and examine them all over and give them advice.”

“Wisdom comes through suffering.”

“Beginnings are such delicate times.”

“Burn worldly love,”

“But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.”

“Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children”