199 Quotes by Pythagoras

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

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

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.

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.

Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.

Abstain from animals.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.