Quotes from Pythagoras

We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.

Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.

Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

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

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

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

Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.

Repect yourself... The rest will follow.

Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!

Virtue is harmony.

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

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

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

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

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

Friendship is one soul in two bodies.

Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.

Friends share all things.