Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Power Quotes

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

If you wish to be loved; love

If you wish to be loved; love

The belly will not listen to advice.

The belly will not listen to advice.

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely...

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...