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
heart sacred virtue
Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them; To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee. I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved The sacred Tetrad , symbol immense and pure, Source of Nature and model of the Gods.
men light order
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
thinking done ought
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.
men may needs
He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.
mean all-things
One must choose in all things a mean just and good.
men order made
Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
men
Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.
men anchors law
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.
inspiration circles noble
The octave formed a circle and gave our noble earth its form.
mean men noble
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
reality ideas
A thought is an idea in transit.
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.
men light perfection
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
heart eye two
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.