Quotes by Pythagoras

“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...”

“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.”

“Power is the near neighbour of necessity.”

“Beware of affect adorning vtement of effect.”

“Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that . . . As a wax is stamp...”

“Ability and necessity dwell near each other.”

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

“There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.”

“In the ancient and medieval world, the exploration of physical influences among heavenly bodies, and between the heavenly bodies and objects on earth, was generally called astrology. But we must no...”

“Silence is better than unmeaning words.”

“Number rules the universe.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.”

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

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