Seneca: Is it for this purpose that we are strong—that we may have light burdens to bear?

Is it for this purpose that we are strong—that we may have light burdens to bear — Seneca

Is it for this purpose that we are strong—that we may have light burdens to bear?

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Fortune has taken away, but Fortune has given. — Seneca
Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent. — Seneca
Besides, he who is feared, fears also; no one has been able to arouse terror and — Seneca
Praeterea qui alium sequitur nihil invenit, immo nec quaerit. — Seneca
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with — Swami Vivekananda
He’s tough, ma’am,—tough is J. B.; tough and devilish sly. — Charles Dickens
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. — Swami Vivekananda
Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole — Epicurus
Mr. Doctor, pray remember that text, He that seemeth to be religious, and bridle — John Lisle
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “c — Swami Vivekananda