Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
PYTHAGORASAbove the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
PYTHAGORASLearn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
PYTHAGORASKnow thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
PYTHAGORASFriends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
PYTHAGORASIt is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
PYTHAGORASConcern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
PYTHAGORASThe oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASDo not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
PYTHAGORASIn anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
PYTHAGORASA thought is an idea in transit.
PYTHAGORASDo 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?
PYTHAGORASA blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
PYTHAGORASNo one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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.
PYTHAGORASVirtue is harmony.
PYTHAGORASSilence is better than unmeaning words.
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