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
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will
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Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.
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Evolution is the Law of Life Number is the Law of the Universe Unity is the Law of God
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Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
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Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.
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Don't eat your heart.
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Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.
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Abstain from animals.
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There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
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The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment
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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?
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Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.