Pythagoras Quotes

‘Silence is better than unmeaning words.’ – Pythagoras

‘As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.’ – Pythagoras

‘There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.’ – Pythagoras

‘Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.’ – Pythagoras

‘Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.’ – Pythagoras

‘Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.’ – 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

‘Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.’ – Pythagoras

‘There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.’ – Pythagoras

‘Beans have a soul.’ – Pythagoras

‘Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.’ – 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

‘Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.’ – Pythagoras

‘Above all things, reverence yourself.’ – Pythagoras

‘The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.’ – Pythagoras

‘There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.’ – Pythagoras

‘Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.’ – Pythagoras

‘Virtue is harmony.’ – Pythagoras

‘Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.’ – Pythagoras

‘No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.’ – Pythagoras