Seneca the Younger Quotes on Mind
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the first century. This page collects quotes attributed to Seneca the Younger on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
Plura sunt, Lucili, quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus. -
Attributed to Seneca the Younger:
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.”
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Attributed to Seneca the Younger:
“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”
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“To be angry with a man is to hate him; to hate him is to wish him harm; but to wish him well, even if he has done you harm, is the mark of a great mind.”
Seneca, On Anger (De Ira) 2.34.5 (translated by John W. Basore)