Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and traveled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India, and in 520 BC returned to Samos. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionMathematician
two soul body
Friendship is one soul in two bodies.
body want despise
Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
lust mind body
Lust weakens both body and mind.
vegetarianism wickedness body
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!
body purpose existence
The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.
soul different body
Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that... As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.
art good human life momentous soul winning
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
leave others rest satisfied talk
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will
silence hazards useless
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
communication men acting
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
justice may realms
Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
law numbers unity
Evolution is the Law of Life Number is the Law of the Universe Unity is the Law of God
ability
Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
inspirational gold
He buries gold who hides the truth.