199 Quotes by Pythagoras

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

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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

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.

He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

The wind is blowing. Adore the wind.

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

Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.