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
serenity silence mind
Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
men know-thyself knows
Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.
body purpose existence
The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
done wells please
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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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.
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We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that's why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted.
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Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
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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.
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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.