Pythagoras Quotes (43 Quotes)


    Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

    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 flesh, with the seditions of the politic and the discords of families.

    He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast Among men he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.


    For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.


    Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

    In all thou dost first let thy prayers ascend, and to the Gods thy labors first commend, from them implore success, and hope a prosperous end.

    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.



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

    Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

    Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.

    Above all things, reverence yourself.

    It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

    There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

    The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.

    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.

    Silence is better than unmeaning words.

    There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

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

    No man is free who cannot command himself.

    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.

    Reason is immortal, all else mortal.


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

    Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.


    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.

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

    This is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, And cannot be shaken by a tempest.

    Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his Body and truth for his soul.

    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.

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

    Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.


    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.

    The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

    As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

    Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers (lovers of wisdom), and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.

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

    Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

    No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.


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