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 the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."

Pythagoras

"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."

Pythagoras

"I was Euphorbus at the siege of Troy."

Pythagoras

"By the air which I breathe, and by the water which I drink, I will not endure to be blamed on account of this discourse."

Pythagoras

"Τὴν δ' ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴν διῃρῆσθαι τριχῆ, εἴς τε νοῦν καὶ φρένας καὶ θυμόν. νοῦν μὲν οὖν καὶ θυμὸν εἶναι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ζῴοις, φρένας δὲ μόνον ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ."

Pythagoras

"ἀλλήλοις θ᾽ ὁμιλεῖν, ὡς τοὺς μὲν φίλους ἐχθροὺς μὴ ποιῆσαι, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐχθροὺς φίλους ἐργάσασθαι. ἴδιόν τε μηδὲν ἡγεῖσθαι."

Pythagoras

"ἐν ὀργῇ μήτε τι λέγειν μήτε πράσσειν"

Pythagoras

"Reason is immortal, all else mortal."

Pythagoras

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

Pythagoras

"κοινὰ τὰ φίλων εἶναι καὶ φιλίαν ἰσότητα."

Pythagoras

"Power is the near neighbour of necessity."

Pythagoras

"Sobriety is the strength of the soul, for it preserves its reason unclouded by passion."

Pythagoras

"None but God is wise."

Pythagoras

"λόγον περὶ θεοῦ σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ προπετῶς διαλέγεσθαι. (In talk about God, silence is better than reckless words.) (Sextus 366)"

Pythagoras

"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please."

Pythagoras

"Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance."

Pythagoras

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

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

"There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras."

Pythagoras

"Time is the soul of this world."

Pythagoras

"A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy."

Pythagoras

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

Pythagoras

"When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life."

Pythagoras

"Sacrifice and adore unshod."

Pythagoras

"Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas."

Pythagoras