Pythagoras Quotes
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.
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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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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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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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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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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.
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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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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
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Virtue is harmony.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.
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I would have to say the probability of us dying seems extremely high.
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The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul 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! In the midst of such wealth as earth, the best of mothers, provides, yet nothing satisfies you, but to behave like the Cyclopes, inflicting sorry wounds with cruel teeth! You cannot appease the hungry cravings of your wicked, gluttonous stomachs except by destroying some other life.
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Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
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No man is free who cannot control himself.