Pythagoras Quotes
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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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As soon as you awake, in order Lay the actions to be done the coming day.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.
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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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Above all things, respect yourself.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.
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None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.
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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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Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
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The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear.
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.
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Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!
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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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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.
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Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.