On rest and restlessness
69:1
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The second volume of Seneca's moral letters to Lucilius. Each letter contains Seneca's advice and wisdom won from a life of Roman politics.
1.
I do not like you to change your headquarters and scurry about from one place to another.
My reasons are,—first, that such frequent flitting means an unsteady spirit.
And the spirit cannot through retirement grow into unity unless it has ceased from its inquisitiveness and its wanderings.
To be able to hold your spirit in check, you must first stop the runaway flight of the body.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On rest and restlessness
Location: Chapter 69, Section 1
Content:
1.
I do not like you to change your headquarters and scurry about from one place to another.
My reasons are,—first, that such frequent flitting means an unsteady spirit.
And the spirit cannot through retirement grow into unity unless it has ceased from its inquisitiveness and its wanderings.
To be able to hold your spirit in check, you must first stop the runaway flight of the body.