Pythagoras Quotes
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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
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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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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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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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A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.
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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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There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
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Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.
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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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It is required to find the infinitely big inside what's infinitely small to feel the presence of God.
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.
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Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.
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Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.
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The earth affords a lavish supply of richess 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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Step not beyond the beam of the balance.
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Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
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Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
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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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Above all things, respect yourself.
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Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
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When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
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If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests, and barbarously renew Cyclopean feasts? While Earth not only can your needs supply, but, lavish of her store, provides for luxury; a guiltless feast administers with ease, and without blood is prodigal to please.
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As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.