No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
PYTHAGORASNo one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
PYTHAGORASDo not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
PYTHAGORASFriends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
PYTHAGORASIf you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
PYTHAGORASWe 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.
PYTHAGORASThere is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
PYTHAGORASIn anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
PYTHAGORASRest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
PYTHAGORASIt is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
PYTHAGORASAs long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
PYTHAGORASPractice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
PYTHAGORASThe wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
PYTHAGORASDeclining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
PYTHAGORASEvolution is the Law of Life. Number is the Law of the Universe. Unity is the Law of God.
PYTHAGORASConcern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
PYTHAGORASThe 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.
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