Pythagoras Quotes
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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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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None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.
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There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.
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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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Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
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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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Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.
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Friendship is one soul in two bodies.
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The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
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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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We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
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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.
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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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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
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It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.
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Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!
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Hate and fear breed a poison in the blood, which if continued, affects eyes, ears, nose and the organs of digestion. Therefore, it is not wise to hear and remember the unkind things others might say about you.
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Golden Verses So-called because they are "good as gold." They are by some attributed to Epicarmos, and by others to Empedocles, but always go under the name of Pythagoras, and seem quite in accordance with the excellent precepts of that philosopher. They are as follows: Ne'er suffer sleep thine eyes to close Before thy mind hath run O'er every act, and thought, and word, From dawn to set of sun; For wrong take shame, but grateful feel If just thy course hath been; Such effort day by day renewed Will ward thy soul from sin. E. C. B.
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There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit.