Seneca the Younger Quotes About Simplicity

• The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

  Seneca the Younger

  Luxury, Simplicity, Effort

• The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Wise, Simple

• For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.

  Seneca the Younger

  Freedom, Men, Simplicity

• To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, People, Simplicity

• The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

  Seneca the Younger

  Spiritual, Greatest Wealth, Simplicity

• Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort. To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.

  Seneca the Younger

  Luxury, People, Simplicity

• The expression of truth is simplicity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Expression, Simplicity

• Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Simplicity, Goodness, Squalor

• The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wise, Men, Hands

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