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
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.
In practice
In a discussion about romantic relationships, you could use this quote to highlight how emotions can cloud judgment.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
No 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.
Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart.
In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.
When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be part of the politics of answers.
The cat in gloves catches no mice.
Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,_x000D_ _x000D_ And hope without an object cannot live.
Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding
I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically.
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