There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit. Pythagoras More Quotes by Pythagoras More Quotes From Pythagoras A fool is known by his Pythagoras silence wise men 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? Pythagoras bed gone mind Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination. Pythagoras failure mistake trying Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb. Pythagoras silence meditation mind We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that's why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted. Pythagoras roots spring tree Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason. Pythagoras numbers men hands The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment Pythagoras inspiration soul goal If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience. Pythagoras eye heart two The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras thoughtful thought-provoking greek The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone. Pythagoras passion animal men Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men. Pythagoras educate men children 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 health animal men Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied milk or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass. Pythagoras horse sweet men In anger we should refrain both from speech and action. Pythagoras speech anger action Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that... As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms. Pythagoras different body soul Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits. Pythagoras ambition discovery philosophy There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras guitar-strings spheres science Number is the within of all things. Pythagoras all-things numbers Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform. Pythagoras inner-peace serenity silence If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple. Pythagoras silence stones firsts
