Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Seneca The YoungerRead
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that our desires can distort our perception of reality.
Seneca the Younger implies that our emotional wishes can lead to a blindness to the truth, illustrating how desire can cloud judgment. When the heart yearns for something, it may ignore or overlook facts that contradict those desires, leading to a skewed understanding of reality.
Themes
PerceptionDesireTruthJudgmentEmotion
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about romantic relationships, you could use this quote to highlight how emotions can cloud judgment.
More from Seneca The Younger
All quotes βNo tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
Seneca The YoungerRead
Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
Seneca The YoungerRead
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
Seneca The YoungerRead
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Seneca The YoungerRead
Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart.
Seneca The YoungerRead
Similar quotes
We take better care of our smartphones than we do of ourselves - the phones are always recharged!
Arianna HuffingtonRead
It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe the world.
Bernie MacRead
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
PlutarchRead
But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
Alexander PopeRead
Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success became an accident and failure seemed the only truth?
Lillian HellmanRead