On obedience to the universal will
107:11
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.
11.
Lead me, O Master of the lofty heavens, My Father, whithersoever thou shalt wish.
I shall not falter, but obey with speed.
And though I would not, I shall go, and suffer, In sin and sorrow what I might have done In noble virtue.
Aye, the willing soul Fate leads, but the unwilling drags along.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On obedience to the universal will
Location: Chapter 107, Section 11
Content:
11.
Lead me, O Master of the lofty heavens, My Father, whithersoever thou shalt wish.
I shall not falter, but obey with speed.
And though I would not, I shall go, and suffer, In sin and sorrow what I might have done In noble virtue.
Aye, the willing soul Fate leads, but the unwilling drags along.