Pythagoras Quotes
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As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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As soon as you awake, in order Lay the actions to be done the coming day.
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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.
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Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.
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There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.
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Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
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Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
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Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
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Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.
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The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.