“And if you want to know why all this running away cannot help you, the answer is simply this: you are running away in your own company.” PhilosophyLettersStoicism Book:Letters from a Stoic Source: Letters from a Stoic
“why should I demand from fortune that she should give me this and that rather than demand from myself that I should not ask for them? why should I ask for them, after all? am I to pile them up in total forgetfulness of the frailty of human existence?” LettersStoicismSeneca Book:Letters from a Stoic Source: Letters from a Stoic
“Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.” FriendshipCompanyLetters Book:Letters from a Stoic Source: Letters from a Stoic