Pythagoras Quotes
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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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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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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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There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.
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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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None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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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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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.
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Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.
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Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
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Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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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 say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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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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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.