“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it?A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not, necessarily be attended by constant cheerfulness and a joy that is deep and issues from deep within, since he finds delight in his own resources, and desires no joys greater than his inner joys.”
Seneca“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."— Seneca”
Seneca, Seneca: Das große Buch vom glücklichen Leben - Gesammelte Werke“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”
Seneca“We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole”
Seneca“Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...”
Seneca“Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.”
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