Pythagoras Quotes
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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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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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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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Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.
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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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Virtue is harmony.
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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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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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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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No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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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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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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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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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.
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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
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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.