The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASEducate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
More Pythagoras Quotes
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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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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Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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Number rules the universe.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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