Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria Quotes

“For as there is no advantage in trees unless they are productive of fruit, so in the same way there is no use in the study of natural philosophy unless it is likely to confer upon a man the acquisition of virtue, for that is its proper fruit.”
― Philo of Alexandria, Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria

“And for things sprung from earth, they must
Return unto their parent dust,
While those from heavenly seed which rise
Are borne uplifted to the skies.
Nought that has once existed dies,
Though often what has been combined
Before, we separated find,”
― Philo of Alexandria, Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria

“we are insatiable in our love for notice, but nevertheless we are unable to measure the riches of God.”
― Philo of Alexandria, Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria

“he who seeks to escape from God asserts, by so doing, that God is not the cause of anything, but looks upon himself as the cause of everything that exists.”
― Philo of Alexandria, Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria

“For as a charioteer holding the reigns or a helmsman with his hand upon the rudder, he guides everything as he pleases, in accordance with law and justice, needing no one else as his assistant; for all things are possible to God.”
― Philo of Alexandria, Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria

“And if thou wishest to have God as the inheritance of thy mind, then do thou in the first place labour to become yourself an inheritance worthy of him, and thou wilt be such if thou avoidest all laws made by hands and voluntary.”
― Philo of Alexandria, Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria