If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
Pythagoras of Samos was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath and the founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced Plato, Aristotle and, through them, Western philosophy.
Most scholars agree that he travelled to Croton in southern Italy around 530 BC and founded a school whose initiates were reportedly sworn to secrecy and lived a communal, ascetic life. In antiquity he was credited with discoveries such as the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids and the sphericity of the Earth, though historians debate whether he made them himself. He was reputedly the first man to call himself a philosopher, or "lover of wisdom."
Most scholars agree that he travelled to Croton in southern Italy around 530 BC and founded a school whose initiates were reportedly sworn to secrecy and lived a communal, ascetic life. In antiquity he was credited with discoveries such as the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids and the sphericity of the Earth, though historians debate whether he made them himself. He was reputedly the first man to call himself a philosopher, or "lover of wisdom."
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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.