Quotes from Pythagoras

Be silent, or say something better than silence.

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

Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.

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.

Don't eat your heart.

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

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.

Above all things, reverence yourself.

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

No one is free who is not master of himself.

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. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.

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

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.

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

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

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

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

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

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

No man is free who cannot control himself.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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