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
— Pythagoras
If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.
— Pythagoras
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.
— Pythagoras
Friendship is one soul in two bodies.
— Pythagoras
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
— Pythagoras
Each celestial body, in fact each and every atom, produces a particular sound on account of its movement, its rhythm or vibration. All these sounds and vibrations form a universal harmony in which each element, while having it's own function and character, contributes to the whole.
— Pythagoras
Hate and fear breed a poison in the blood, which if continued, affects eyes, ears, nose and the organs of digestion. Therefore, it is not wise to hear and remember the unkind things others might say about you.
— Pythagoras
Number is the within of all things.
— Pythagoras
Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
— Pythagoras
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
— Pythagoras
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 stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.
— Pythagoras
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
— 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.
— Pythagoras
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
— Pythagoras
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.
— Pythagoras
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
— Pythagoras
If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
— Pythagoras
The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment
— Pythagoras
Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
— Pythagoras
We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that's why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted.
— Pythagoras
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
— Pythagoras
Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
— Pythagoras
Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
— Pythagoras
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
— Pythagoras
Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.
— Pythagoras
None but God is wise.
— Pythagoras
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
— Pythagoras
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
— Pythagoras
Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?
— Pythagoras
Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!
— Pythagoras
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
— Pythagoras
I would have to say the probability of us dying seems extremely high.
— Pythagoras
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
— Pythagoras
None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.
— Pythagoras
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
— Pythagoras
No man is free who cannot control himself.
— Pythagoras
Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
— Pythagoras
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.
— Pythagoras
Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.
— Pythagoras
Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
— Pythagoras