On care of health and peace of mind
104:8
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.
8.
O what a blessing it would be for some men to wander away from themselves!
As it is, they cause themselves vexation, worry, demoralization, and fear!
What profit is there in crossing the sea and in going from one city to another?
If you would escape your troubles, you need not another place but another personality.
Perhaps you have reached Athens, or perhaps Rhodes; choose any state you fancy, how does it matter what its character may be?
You will be bringing to it your own.
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 8
Content:
8.
O what a blessing it would be for some men to wander away from themselves!
As it is, they cause themselves vexation, worry, demoralization, and fear!
What profit is there in crossing the sea and in going from one city to another?
If you would escape your troubles, you need not another place but another personality.
Perhaps you have reached Athens, or perhaps Rhodes; choose any state you fancy, how does it matter what its character may be?
You will be bringing to it your own.