Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
PYTHAGORASDeclining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
PYTHAGORASEducate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
PYTHAGORASRest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
PYTHAGORASNo one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
PYTHAGORASAbility and necessity dwell near each other.
PYTHAGORASThe highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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.
PYTHAGORASIt is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
PYTHAGORASDo not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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.
PYTHAGORASA blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
PYTHAGORASAbove all things, reverence yourself.
PYTHAGORASA thought is an idea in transit.
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.
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.
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?
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