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Pythagoras about thought
Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled. Nor ever can the overt act be erased All that thou thinkest, sayest, or doest bears perpetual record of itself, enduring for Eternity.
Pythagoras about being human and God
Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
Pythagoras about doing it now
If thou intend to do any good; tarry not till to-morrow! for thou knowest not what may chance thee this night.
Pythagoras about virtues and evil
Evil destroyeth itself.
Virtue is harmony.
Pythagoras about man and animals
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.
Pythagoras about Reason and Wisdom
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.
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.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
None but God is wise.
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
Pythagoras about Truth
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.
Pythagoras about Number
Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.
Leonardo's drawing of a man in a square
further develops Pythagoras' idea that the circle is a symbol of the soul, and the square a symbol of the earthy existence. Both circle and the square are used together to represent the merge of Divine and Earthy Nature within a Human.