Pythagoras Quotes

None but God is wise.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.

The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.

Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.

Repect yourself... The rest will follow.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

Number rules the universe.

Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.

Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?

Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all.

Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.

Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.

Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Government exists only for the good of the governed.

He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.

The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth.

As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.

Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent.

Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

Power is the near neighbour of necessity.

Ability and necessity dwell near each other.

He buries gold who hides the truth.

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.

You should make great things, not promising great things.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.

Numbers rule the universe.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.

Don't disarrange my circles!

Friends share all things.

Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.

There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit.

You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Number was the substance of all things.

You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.