Seneca the Younger Quotes

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and meditative.

She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control.

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

I wasn't ready to say, I can't play anymore. And I'm still not.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

You're not going to learn anything if you're not prepared to go flat, so I'm very happy to go flat.

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

I like to consider myself a relatively spiritual person, and I just do my thing. I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don't really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think.

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

Where your will is ready, your feet are light.

It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.

I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I cannot control the future any more than I could control the wind and the weather, I can manage it and influence it in a positive way.