1.
You bid me give you an account of each separate day, and of the whole day too; so you must have a good opinion of me if you think that in these days of mine there is nothing to hide.
At any rate, it is thus that we should live,—as if we lived in plain sight of all men; and it is thus that we should think,—as if there were someone who could look into our inmost souls; and there is one who can so look.
For what avails it that something is hidden from man?
Nothing is shut off from the sight of God.
He is witness of our souls, and he comes into the very midst of our thoughts—comes into them, I say, as one who may at any time depart.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On drunkenness
Location: Chapter 83, Section 1
Content:
1.
You bid me give you an account of each separate day, and of the whole day too; so you must have a good opinion of me if you think that in these days of mine there is nothing to hide.
At any rate, it is thus that we should live,—as if we lived in plain sight of all men; and it is thus that we should think,—as if there were someone who could look into our inmost souls; and there is one who can so look.
For what avails it that something is hidden from man?
Nothing is shut off from the sight of God.
He is witness of our souls, and he comes into the very midst of our thoughts—comes into them, I say, as one who may at any time depart.