Name: Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger)
Lived: c. 4 BC – 65 AD, Corduba, Hispania (modern-day Córdoba, Spain)
Known for: Philosopher, statesman, playwright
Famous for: A leading Stoic thinker; author of Moral Letters to Lucilius and essays like On the Shortness of Life, exploring wisdom, resilience, and the nature of a meaningful life
Note: The quote “We suffer more in imagination than in reality” comes directly from Seneca’s Letters to Lucilius (Letter 13), written ca. 63 AD. It reminds us that much of our distress stems not from actual events but from the fears we create in our minds — a Stoic call to meet life with clarity rather than worry.