Number rules the universe.
PYTHAGORASNumber rules the universe.
PYTHAGORASIf 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.
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.
PYTHAGORASKnow thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
PYTHAGORASPractice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
PYTHAGORASConcern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
PYTHAGORASAnger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
PYTHAGORASRest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
PYTHAGORASAbove all things, respect yourself.
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.
PYTHAGORASPower is the near neighbour of necessity.
PYTHAGORASSalt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
PYTHAGORASIn anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
PYTHAGORASNumbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
PYTHAGORASAs 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.
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