Pleasure of No Pleasure

 It is not the natural hunger of our bellies that cost us dear,

But our solicitous cravings

Seneca

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca chides all of us - and asks us - How long?

“How long shall we go on making demands upon Gods ,

As if we are still unable to support ourselves?

“How long shall we continue to fill with grain the marketplaces 

Of our great cities?”

“How long must people gather in it for us?”

“How long shall many ships convey the requisites for a single meal

Bringing them from no single Sea? “

Did Nature give us bellies so insatiable that we should outdo the 

Highest and most voracious animals in greed?

How long?

Remember,

Many a Problem was created by overeating

than due to Fasting