Pythagoras Quotes
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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
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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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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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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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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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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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Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.
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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
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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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There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit.
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He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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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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No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Virtue is harmony.
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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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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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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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We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
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Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone, which I ought to have done?
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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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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.