Quotes from Pythagoras

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

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

Ability and necessity dwell near each other.

Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.

To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

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.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

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.

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

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

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

No man is free who cannot control himself.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.

Let exercise alternate with rest.

He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.