Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Seneca The YoungerRead
Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote encourages sincerity in communication, urging us to align our words with our true feelings and experiences.
Seneca the Younger emphasizes the importance of authenticity in expression. He suggests that our speech should reflect our genuine emotions and thoughts, creating harmony between what we say and how we live. This alignment fosters deeper connections and understanding in our relationships and interactions, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling and truthful existence.
Themes
AuthenticityCommunicationTruthFeelingsSelf-Expression
In practice
Example use cases
During a team meeting, I shared my true feelings about the project's direction using Seneca's quote to inspire open dialogue.
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
Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in action.
Sigmund FreudRead
The protective system of scapegoats is finally destroyed by the Crucifixion narratives as they reveal Jesus' innocence and, little by little, that of all analogous victims.
Rene GirardRead
Let us respect others no one lives alone in a city, a nation, or a world.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.
George Bernard ShawRead
If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?
DogenRead
We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the place where I begin.
Amy TanRead