Pythagoras Quotes

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

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

Time is the soul of this world.

A thought is an idea in transit.

Above all things, respect yourself.

It is only necessary to make war with five things: with the maladies of the body, with the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city, with the discords of families.

Respect yourself above all.

If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.

Virtue is harmony.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

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

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

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

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

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

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

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

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.