Pythagoras Quotes
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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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If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.
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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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Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
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Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.
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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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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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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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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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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
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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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He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.
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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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Virtue is harmony.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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No man is free who cannot control himself.
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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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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
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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.