Pythagoras
Pythagorean theorem, mathematics
Sayings by Pythagoras
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Number is the within of all things.
The stars in the heavens sing a music if only we had ears to hear.
Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What did I do wrong? What did I do right? What did I leave undone?
The wind is blowing. Worship the sound.
The square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
The beginning is half of the whole.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
Do not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids until you have balanced the account of your soul with what is right.
Numbers rule the universe.
Do not speak a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
The soul is immortal and undergoes transmigration.
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. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
Above all things, reverence yourself.
Do not stir the fire with a sword.