Top 140 Pythagoras Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The wind is blowing. Adore the wind.”

— Pythagoras

52. “Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.”

— Pythagoras

53. “A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.”

— Pythagoras

54. “As soon as you awake, in order Lay the actions to be done the coming day.”

— Pythagoras

55. “A fool is known by his speech, and a wise man by silence.”

— Pythagoras

56. “So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.”

— Pythagoras

57. “If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.”

— Pythagoras

58. “Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.”

— Pythagoras

59. “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!”

— Pythagoras

60. “Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.”

— Pythagoras

61. “Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.”

— Pythagoras

62. “Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.”

— Pythagoras

63. “Hate and fear breed a poison in the blood, which if continued, affects eyes, ears, nose and the organs of digestion. Therefore, it is not wise to hear and remember the unkind things others might say about you.”

— Pythagoras

64. “Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.”

— Pythagoras

65. “Don’t disarrange my circles!”

— Pythagoras

66. “You should make great things, not promising great things.”

— Pythagoras

67. “To cognize the Divine Essence – this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!”

— Pythagoras

68. “The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.”

— Pythagoras

69. “Government exists only for the good of the governed.”

— Pythagoras

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

— Pythagoras

71. “Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.”

— Pythagoras

72. “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.”

— Pythagoras

73. “Above all things, respect yourself.”

— Pythagoras

74. “Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.”

— Pythagoras

75. “Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.”

— Pythagoras

76. “Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.”

— Pythagoras

77. “Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.”

— Pythagoras

78. “Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?”

— Pythagoras

79. “Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”

— Pythagoras

80. “The octave formed a circle and gave our noble earth its form.”

— Pythagoras

81. “Ability and necessity dwell near each other.”

— Pythagoras

82. “None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.”

— Pythagoras

83. “Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.”

— Pythagoras

84. “Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.”

— Pythagoras

85. “Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.”

— Pythagoras

86. “Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.”

— Pythagoras

87. “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.”

— Pythagoras

88. “Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.”

— Pythagoras

89. “Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone, which I ought to have done?”

— Pythagoras

90. “Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.”

— Pythagoras

91. “Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.”

— Pythagoras

92. “Above all have respect for yourself.”

— Pythagoras

93. “It is required to find the infinitely big inside what’s infinitely small to feel the presence of God.”

— Pythagoras

94. “When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.”

— Pythagoras

95. “There are in woman’s eyes two sorts of tears, – the one of grief, the other of deceit.”

— Pythagoras

96. “It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.”

— Pythagoras

97. “Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.”

— Pythagoras

98. “He buries gold who hides the truth.”

— Pythagoras

99. “Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.”

— Pythagoras

100. “Step not beyond the beam of the balance.”

— Pythagoras