Quotes from Pythagoras

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.

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

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

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

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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

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

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!

Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

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

A thought is an idea in transit.

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.

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

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Beans have a soul.

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

If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.

So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.

Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.

Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.