Sobre uma vida feliz Quotes

“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever they may be, is satisfied and on friendly terms with the conditions of his life. That man is happy, whose reason recommends to him the whole posture of his affairs.”
― Seneca, On the Happy Life

“Do you wish to know how different the position is in which we place them? If my riches leave me, they will carry away with them nothing except themselves: you will be bewildered and will seem to be left without yourself if they should pass away from you: with me riches occupy a certain place, but with you they occupy the highest place of all. In fine, my riches belong to me, you belong to your riches.”
― Seneca, On the Happy Life

“En wanneer de natuur mijn levensadem terugvraagt of mijn verstand hem heenzendt, zal ik heengaan met het getuigenis dat ik een eerlijk geweten en een eerlijke inzet beminde, dat niemands vrijheid door mij is ingeperkt, en wel in het minst die van mijzelf.”
― Seneca, On the Happy Life