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
communication men acting
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
suicide men quitting
We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
life angel men
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
gratitude men suffering
You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.
hero men parent
Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.
truth passion men
Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.
horse men soul
Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man worthy who possesses great wealth, but he whose soul is generous.
passion men animal
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.
depression fear men
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
depression men worry
No man is free who cannot control himself.
math men helping
You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.
children men educate
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
children men knees
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
wise men views
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.