Top 140 Pythagoras Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Number rules the universe.”

— Pythagoras

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2. “Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.”

— Pythagoras

3. “The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.”

— Pythagoras

4. “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

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

— Pythagoras

6. “No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.”

— Pythagoras

7. “In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.”

— Pythagoras

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8. “God built the universe on numbers.”

— Pythagoras

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9. “No man is free who cannot control himself.”

— Pythagoras

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

— Pythagoras

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11. “Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.”

— Pythagoras

12. “Silence is better than unmeaning words.”

— Pythagoras

13. “It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.”

— Pythagoras

14. “The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.”

— Pythagoras

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15. “Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.”

— Pythagoras

16. “Do 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?”

— Pythagoras

17. “There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.”

— Pythagoras

18. “Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.”

— Pythagoras

19. “The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.”

— Pythagoras

20. “The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth.”

— Pythagoras

21. “If 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.”

— Pythagoras

22. “Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.”

— Pythagoras

23. “Number is the within of all things.”

— Pythagoras

24. “A stone is frozen music.”

— Pythagoras

25. “Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.”

— Pythagoras

26. “Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers, and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.”

— Pythagoras

27. “Reason is immortal, all else mortal.”

— Pythagoras

28. “If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.”

— Pythagoras

29. “Let exercise alternate with rest.”

— Pythagoras

30. “Each celestial body, in fact each and every atom, produces a particular sound on account of its movement, its rhythm or vibration. All these sounds and vibrations form a universal harmony in which each element, while having it’s own function and character, contributes to the whole.”

— Pythagoras

31. “But respect yourself most of all.”

— Pythagoras

32. “The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear.”

— Pythagoras

33. “Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.”

— Pythagoras

34. “Friendship is one soul in two bodies.”

— Pythagoras

35. “None but God is wise.”

— Pythagoras

36. “Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.”

— Pythagoras

37. “Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.”

— Pythagoras

38. “Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent.”

— Pythagoras

39. “Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!”

— Pythagoras

40. “Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.”

— Pythagoras

41. “Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.”

— Pythagoras

42. “Time is the soul of this world.”

— Pythagoras

43. “Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.”

— Pythagoras

44. “A thought is an idea in transit.”

— Pythagoras

45. “There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.”

— Pythagoras

46. “Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements.”

— Pythagoras

47. “Lust weakens both body and mind.”

— Pythagoras

48. “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

49. “There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.”

— Pythagoras

50. “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.”

— Pythagoras