Pythagoras quotes

Pythagoras about thought

Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the
spoken word recalled. Nor ever can the overt act be erased All that thou thinkest, sayest,
or doest bears perpetual record of itself, enduring for Eternity.

Pythagoras about being human and God

Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot
control himself.

Pythagoras about doing it now

If thou intend to do any good; tarry not till to-morrow! for thou knowest not what may
chance thee this night.

Pythagoras about virtues and evil

Evil destroyeth itself.

Virtue is harmony.

Pythagoras about man and animals

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.

Pythagoras about Reason and Wisdom

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.

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.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

None but God is wise.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

Pythagoras about Truth

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would
choose light for his body and truth for his soul.

Pythagoras about Number

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

Leonardo's drawing of a man in a square

further develops Pythagoras' idea that the circle is a symbol of the soul, and the square a symbol
of the earthy existence. Both circle and the square are used together to represent the merge of
Divine and Earthy Nature within a Human.