Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 25 Bc Death: 50
Every virtuous man is free..
Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining..
The air is full of souls those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them..
I know that God exists. I know that I have never invented anything. I have been a medium by which these things were given to the culture as fast as t….
The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?.
How then, is it natural that the mind of man, being so small as contained in such narrow spaces as a brain or a heart, should have room for all the v….
A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial..
Money, it has been said, is the cause of good things to a good man, of evil things to a bad man..
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria.
Emotions become more violent when expression is stifled..
He who tries to flee from God takes refuge in himself..
Remorse for what is done is useless..
Philo of Alexandria introduced in the first century what has been described as the 'Hellenizing of the Old Testament,' or the allegorical method of e….
Learning is by nature, curiosity..
God welcomes genuine service, and that is the service of a soul that offers the bare and simple sacrifice of truth; but from false service, the mere ….
Learning is by nature curiosity... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained..
Households, cities, countries and nations have enjoyed great happiness, when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such men n….
What God is to the world, that parents are to their children..
It would be a sign of great simplicity to think that the world was created in six days, or indeed at all in time; [...] Time is a thing posterior to ….