"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Topic(s):
Society
More From Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- "I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene."
- "To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power."
- "The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
More In Society
- "Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture."― Amos Bronson Alcott
- "Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn’t collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded."― Susan George
- "Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It’s a product of stress and in my case over-work."― Adam Ant