50+ Pythagoras Quotes (Greek philosopher)

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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Absorb Learning Listen Meditation Quiet Silence
Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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Ability Each Other Necessity One Liner
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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Fools Man Silence Speech Wise
It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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Difficult Hard Time Life Path Struggle Time
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Art Evil Goodness Human Life Soul Win
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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Cloud Light Self Respect Shadow Stars
As 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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Animal Destroy Each Other Health Kill Live Peace
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Leaving Please Rest Satisfaction Talk
The 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.
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Alone Animal Division Intelligence Man Passion Possess Reason Soul
Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Deed Words
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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Animal Deed Each Other Indeed Joy Kill Love Men Murder
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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Deep Parents Philosophy Pure Salt Sea Sun
Virtue is harmony.
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Harmony One Liner Virtue
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Action Concern Control Depression Drive Freedom Himself Man
A thought is an idea in transit.
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Ideas One Liner Thought
Friends share all things.
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Friendship One Liner Share
Above all things, respect yourself.
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One Liner Self Love Self Respect Yourself
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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Companion Each Other Friendship Happiness Journey Life Perseverance Road
Evolution is the Law of Life. Number is the Law of the Universe. Unity is the Law of God.
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Evolution God Law Life Number Unity Universe
Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Decline Declutter Frequent Path Public Walk
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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One Liner Universe Wisdom Worth
The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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Connection Divine Entertainment Goals Music Nature
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Inspirational Meaning One Liner Silence Words
He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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God Home Live Mind Wisdom
We 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.
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Behaviour Enemy Friendship Time
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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Genius Intelligence Subject Talk
Above all things, reverence yourself.
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One Liner Self Love Self Respect Yourself

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