On care of health and peace of mind
104:17
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The final volume of Seneca's moral letters. Common Stoic themes emerge again and again: the unreliability of fortune, the ability to form Stoic resolve, and the importance of virtue.
17.
There will be no benefit to you in this hurrying to and fro; for you are travelling with your emotions and are followed by your afflictions.
Would that they were indeed following you!
In that case, they would be farther away; as it is, you are carrying and not leading them.
Hence they press about you on all sides, continually chafing and annoying you.
It is medicine, not scenery, for which the sick man must go a-searching.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On care of health and peace of mind
Location: Chapter 104, Section 17
Content:
17.
There will be no benefit to you in this hurrying to and fro; for you are travelling with your emotions and are followed by your afflictions.
Would that they were indeed following you!
In that case, they would be farther away; as it is, you are carrying and not leading them.
Hence they press about you on all sides, continually chafing and annoying you.
It is medicine, not scenery, for which the sick man must go a-searching.