Famous Seneca Quotes on Life
"Living is the least important activity of the preoccupied man; yet there is nothing which is harder to learn."
"But the man who spends all his time on his own needs, who organizes every day as though it were his last, neither longs for nor fears the next day."
"So you must not think a man has lived long because he has white hair and wrinkles: he has not lived long, just existed long."
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today."
"Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future."
"It would be tedious to mention individually those who have spent all their lives playing draughts or ball, or carefully cooking themselves in the sun. They are not at leisure whose pleasures involve a serious commitment."
"All the greatest blessing create anxiety, and Fortune is never less to be trusted than when it is fairest. To preserve prosperity we need other prosperity, and to support the prayers which have turned out well we have to make other prayers. Whatever comes our way by chance is unsteady, and the higher it rises the more liable it is to fail."
"When you are retired and enjoying peace of mind, you will find to keep you busy more important activities than all those you have performed so energetically up to now."
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