Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.
Seneca the YoungerAll my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
Seneca the YoungerChoose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
Seneca the YoungerAs the mother's womb holds us for ten months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves ready for another birth...Therefore look forward without fear to that appointed hour- the last hour of the body, but not of the soul...That day, which you fear as being the end of all things, is the birthday of your eternity.
Seneca the Younger