Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. Pythagoras More Quotes by Pythagoras More Quotes From Pythagoras A fool is known by his Pythagoras silencewisemen 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 bedgonemind Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination. Pythagoras failuremistaketrying Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb. Pythagoras silencemeditationmind 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 rootsspringtree Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason. Pythagoras numbersmenhands The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment Pythagoras inspirationsoulgoal 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 eyehearttwo The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras thoughtfulthought-provokinggreek 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 passionanimalmen Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men. Pythagoras educatemenchildren 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 healthanimalmen 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 horsesweetmen In anger we should refrain both from speech and action. Pythagoras speechangeraction 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 differentbodysoul 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 ambitiondiscoveryphilosophy There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras guitar-stringsspheresscience Number is the within of all things. Pythagoras all-thingsnumbers Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform. Pythagoras inner-peaceserenitysilence If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple. Pythagoras silencestonesfirsts
