On Control

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

— Seneca

On Anger 2.29

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

— Seneca

On Anger 1.1

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

— Seneca

Letters 87

So-called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.

— Seneca

Letters 83.25

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

— Seneca

Letters 78.13

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don't have.

— Seneca

Attributed, after Letters 123

Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.

— Seneca

On Anger 2.14

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.

— Seneca

Letters 98.6

Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.

— Epictetus

Enchiridion 5

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

— Epictetus

Discourses 1.1