Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
PYTHAGORASRest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
More Pythagoras Quotes
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Virtue is harmony.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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As 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.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Number rules the universe.
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