Seneca Quotes
16 quotes from Seneca on investing and motivation.
On investing
The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth.
Oh, what darkness does great prosperity cast over our minds!
A good mind possesses a kingdom: a great fortune is a great slavery.
Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
If you look on wealth as a thing to be valued your imaginary poverty will cause you torment.
On motivation
Failure changes for the better success for the worse.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.