Seneca the Younger Quotes

There are more people abusive to others than lie open to abuse themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.

If you speak insults you will hear them also.

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to apply to those who had first coined them.

You can't stamp on people and not get hurt in return.

Because I'm just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you get in the meantime, but there's still a price to pay.

One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.

The evil you do to others you may expect in return.

I'm always amazed that people are shocked when their despicable action causes an equally despicable reaction.

With some things, karma is good enough. Lessons come back in different ways, you know what I mean?

Hate begets hate and if karma and punishment is the only language you understand then the road ahead will be rocky.

If anybody has done bad things to me, then I must have done the same to them.

It's not okay to lie about people and particularly not okay to hurl the worst imaginable names at people just because you think you might not like their politics.

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

The ultimate act of cowardice is the fat-headed wrestling guy sitting behind the frail kid in math class, clipping him on the ear, saying: 'What are you going to do about that, faggot?' That is cowardice. When the bullets start flying past that jock's saucer-shaped ears, that's not cowardice. That's payback.

If you won’t marry me for the sake of your own honor, then do it for the sake of everyone who would have to tolerate me otherwise. Marry me because I need someone who will help me to laugh at myself. Because someone has to teach me how to whistle. Marry me, Lillian… because I have the most irresistible fascination for your ears.

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.

. . . Cultivating good humor may be helpful in finding our own identity. Young people who are trying to find out who they really are often have concerns as to their ability to meet and cope with the challenges that confront them and that lie ahead. They will find that it is easier to ride over the bumps and come quickly to their own identity if they cultivate the good humor that comes naturally. It is important that we all learn to laugh at ourselves.

Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow.

If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!

There is no evil without its compensation.

Liberals don't have a sense of humor, particularly if it's about them. You can't laugh at them, you can't mock them, you can't make fun of them like they can laugh at and mock and make fun of everybody else.

I definitely believe in fate. And I believe what you put in is what you get in return. That's the way it's worked for me. As for the big picture - there's some sort of plan.

And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get you. That's called 'karma.'