Quotes by Pythagoras

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.”

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

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