Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the putative founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the islands of Samos, and travelled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India around 530bc, he moved to croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established some kind of school or guild. In 520bc, he returned to Samos.
Top 35 Quotes Of Pythagoras.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.
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Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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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?
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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Above all things, respect yourself.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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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.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
