Seneca

"Time discovered to us that which our blind inattention had kept hidden."

"We cannot live only for ourselves; a thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."

"The purpose of education is not to transport a certain number of facts to the student's head, but to make a difference in their thinking."

"To be angry is to be human; to forgive is to be divine."

"No one is free who is a slave to the body."

"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is the man who dropped it."

"Our plans miscarry because they have no common objective."

"The greatest progress is made by those who look ahead, not behind."

"A good book can be rewarding in a thousand different ways."

"The man who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears."

"Wisdom is not knowing the future; it is not dwelling upon the past. It is understanding the present."

"It is the nature of the greedy man to grab at everything but to keep nothing."

"The human mind is never so much at ease as when it is contemplating something great."

"We should every night call ourselves to an account."

"He is a wise man who does not give the right answer to an unaske d question."

"The same things change us; we are bound by our choices."

"Genuine love is admiration with the heart."

"The path to happiness lies in accepting your portion with gratitude."

"Nothing new is created if we do not unlearn what we think we know."

"A man sufficiently occupied in this world may forget that he is ever to die."

"The purpose of the ship is not the ship, but the voyage."

"We are mere children when we imagine that we understand our own complicated nature."

"Time is the only currency that matters; spend it wisely."

"The man who blames others has not yet begun to understand himself."

"Wealth is the means to virtue, not its end."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"True immortality lies not in the body but in the impact of one's character."

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"Wealth is the test of a man's character."