Quotes by Pythagoras

About Pythagoras:

Pythagoras of Samos is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and traveled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India, and in 520 BC returned to Samos. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established some kind of school or guild.
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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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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

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Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

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

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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

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A thought is an idea in transit.

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Above all things, reverence yourself.

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Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

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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...

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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.

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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.

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

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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.

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The oldest, shortest words— 'yes' and 'no'— are those which require the most thought.

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

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Author Bio

  • NamePythagoras
  • DescriptionGreek mathematician and philosopher
  • AliasesPythagoras of Samos; Pythagoras from Samos
  • Born570 BCE
  • Died495 BCE
  • CountryGreece
  • ProfessionMathematician; Philosopher; Politician; Writer; Musicologist; Music Theorist