199 Quotes by Pythagoras

Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.

It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.

Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man worthy who possesses great wealth, but he whose soul is generous.

The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear

Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.

Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?

Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.

A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.

Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.