Pythagoras Quotes

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.

Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!

It is required to find the infinitely big inside what's infinitely small to feel the presence of God.

Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Number is the within of all things.

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied milk or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.

Don't disarrange my circles!

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Government exists only for the good of the governed.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

You should make great things, not promising great things.

Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.

We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that's why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

As soon as you awake, in order Lay the actions to be done the coming day.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.

Above all things, respect yourself.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear

Friendship is one soul in two bodies.

Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.

Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that... As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.