Quote by Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any con

Summary

This quote emphasizes that true freedom lies in rejecting the control of external factors, circumstances, limitations, or luck. It suggests that by not becoming enslaved to these things, one possesses the power to level the playing field. Instead of passively accepting fate, one must actively challenge and shape their own destiny. Freedom, therefore, is defined as the ability to navigate life's challenges on equal footing, asserting one's agency to overcome and triumph over any obstacles that come their way.

Topics

Freedom

By Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Life begins on the other side of despair.La vie commence lau

Life begins on the other side of despair.La vie commence lautre cot du desespoir

JeanPaul Sartre

Despair

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar agains

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

Music

The true republic

The true republic

Susan B. Anthony, (motto), "The

Equality

If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highe

If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Life

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap mu

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

Graduation

The agreement or disagreement or its sense with reality cons

The agreement or disagreement or its sense with reality constitutes its truth or falsity.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Reality Truth Agreement

The command of our language is crucial to focusing our thoug

The command of our language is crucial to focusing our thoughts and communicating them with precision to others.

Felix Alba-Juez

Science Philosophy Epistemology

All you'd have to do is get a sad look, and he'd try to do s

All you'd have to do is get a sad look, and he'd try to do something for you.

Margaret O'Brien

Sad

Let us not forget that the European Community started as a p

Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Travel

He who fights against monsters should see to it that he does

He who fights against monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you stare persistently into an abyss, the abyss also stares into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good

Philosophy

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It mean

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Life Inspirational

I'm not so think as you drunk I am.

I'm not so think as you drunk I am.

Alcohol/alcoholism