Seneca on Wisdom Quotes

"We must not be ungrateful even for small things."

"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things."

"No man was ever wise by chance."

"A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary."

"There is no vice more base than ingratitude."

"A benefit is like a seed; it must be planted with care and nurtured with gratitude."

"To be ungrateful is to be blind to the goodness of the world."

"The feeling of gratitude is a proof of a noble nature."

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

"Truth lies open for all; it has not yet been monopolized."

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation."

"The greatest benefit is the one that comes from a friend."

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness."

"Life is long if you know how to use it."

"He who acknowledges a kindness has already begun to repay it."

"He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment on his debt."

"Let us never forget the kindnesses we have received."

"The real source of guilt is an inner knowledge of our own dishonesty."

"Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool."

"Silence is a lesson learned through life's many sufferings."

"In benefits, the giver should forget and the receiver remember."

"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it."

"You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire."

"It is not the gift that matters, but the intention of the giver."