Apollonius Of Tyana Quotes

There is no death of anyone, save in appearance, just as there is no birth of any, save only in seeming.

The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is, O ye gods, give me whatever is fitting unto me!

In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.

I feel friendship towards philosophers, but towards sophists, teachers of literature, or any other such kind of godforsaken people, I neither feel friendship now, nor may I ever do so in the future.

Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them.

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.