Seneca God Quotes & Sayings

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

What else is nature but God? — Seneca The Younger

In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work. — Seneca The Younger

The sovereign good of man is a mind that subjects all things to itself and is itself subject to nothing; such a man's pleasures are modest and reserved, and it may be a question whether he goes to heaven, or heaven comes to him; for a good man is influenced by God Himself, and has a kind of divinity within him. — Seneca The Younger

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty. — Seneca The Younger

He worships God who knows him. — Seneca The Younger

Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship. — Seneca The Younger

Now God, who is the Father of us all, has placed ready to our hands those things which he intended for our own good; he did not wait for any search on our part, and he gave them to us voluntarily. But that which would be injurious, he buried deep in the earth. We can complain of nothing but ourselves; for we have brought to light the materials for our destruction, against the will of Nature, who hid them from us. — Seneca.

So the life of a philosopher extends widely: he is not confined by the same boundary as are others. He alone is free from the laws that limit the human race, and all ages serve him as though he were a god. — Seneca.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined. — Seneca The Younger

We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor. — Seneca The Younger

Whatever is to make us better and happy God has placed either openly before us or close to us. — Seneca The Younger

Let us go to our sleep with joy and gladness; let us say: I have lived; the course which Fortune set for me Is finished.[9] And if God is pleased to add another day, we should welcome it with glad hearts. That man is happiest, and is secure in his own possession of himself, who can await the morrow without apprehension. When a man has said: "I have lived!", every morning he arises he receives a bonus. — Seneca.

What if a man save my life with a draught that was prepared to poison me? The providence of the issue does not at all discharge the obliquity of the intent. And the same reason holds good even in religion itself. It is not the incense, or the offering that is acceptable to God, but the purity and devotion of the worshipper. — Seneca The Younger

We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom. — Seneca The Younger

On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God! — Seneca The Younger

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening. — Seneca The Younger

The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then of body. — Seneca The Younger

The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God. — Seneca The Younger

Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge. — Seneca The Younger

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Turn to philosophy, therefore, with all your soul, sit at her feet, cherish her; a great distance will then begin to separate you from other men. You will be far ahead of all mortals, and even the gods will not be far ahead of you. Do you ask what will be the difference between yourself and the gods? They will live longer. But, by my faith, it is the sign of a great artist to have confined a full likeness to the limits of a miniature. The wise man's life spreads out to him over as large a surface as does all eternity to a god. There is one point in which the sage has an advantage over the god; for a god is freed from terrors by the bounty of nature, the wise man by his own bounty. — Seneca.

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts. — Seneca The Younger

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. — Seneca The Younger

Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

God has not revealed all things to man and has entrusted us with but a fragment of His mighty work. But He who directs all things, who has established and laid the foundation of the world, who has clothed Himself with Creation, He is greater and better than that which He has wrought. Hidden from our eyes, He can only be reached by the spirit. — Seneca The Younger

If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly. — Seneca The Younger

God is near you, is with you, is inside you. — Seneca The Younger

We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy. — Seneca The Younger

In every good man a God doth dwell. — Seneca The Younger

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient. — Seneca.

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded. — Seneca The Younger

So the life of the philosopher extends widely: he is not confined by the same boundary as are others. He alone is free from the laws that limit the human race, and all ages serve him as though he were a god. Some time has passed: he grasps it in his recollection. Time is present: he uses it. Time is to come: he anticipates it. This combination of all times into one gives him a long life. — Seneca.

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future. — Seneca The Younger

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca The Younger

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca