Ethical Fragments Quotes

“our parents should be considered by us as the images of the Gods; and by Jupiter, as domestic Gods, our benefactors, kindred, creditors, lords, and most stable friends. For they are most stable images of the Gods, possessing a similitude to them beyond the power of art to effect. For they are the guardian Gods of the house, and live with us; and besides this, they are our greatest benefactors, imparting to us things of the greatest consequence; and, by Jupiter, bestowing on us not only what we possess, but also such things as they wish to give us, and for which they themselves pray.”
― Hierocles of Alexandria, Ethical Fragments

“Act by everyone, in the same manner as if you supposed yourself to be him, and him to be you.”
― Hierocles (Stoic), Ethical Fragments