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Welcome back to our Stoic Quotes series. Today's post will be the second part of some awesome Seneca quotes. If you want to check out any of the previous posts from this series you can find them here.

As usual, below you will find some quotes representing the different Stoic values. And while it can feel really good to look at a quote and tell yourself that you agree with the idea being presented to you, we should not stop there, we should really take the message to heart and use it to improve ourselves, to become better with each passing day, so we can help others do the same.

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

“I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent— no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.”

“We should every night call ourselves to an account;

What infirmity have I mastered today?

What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.”

“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”

“Men do not care how nobly they live, but only for how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.”

“All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.”

“In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.”

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

“No man was ever wise by chance”

“Philosophy calls for simple living, not for doing penance, and the simple way of life need not be a crude one.”

“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire”

“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”

“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”

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