Pythagoras
Founded mathematical philosophy and the Pythagorean theorem
Quotes by Pythagoras
Number rules the universe.
All things are numbers.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
The soul is immortal, and is born again many times.
Friends share all things in common.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Poverty consists not in having few goods, but in having many wants.
The highest discovery of all is that there is a God.
Do not eat your heart; which is to say, do not brood over sorrows.
As long as men are greedy, there will be war.
The beginning of health is learning to control the body.
Numbers rule the universe as the first principle.
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
Let not the sun look down on thy anger.
The study of mathematics is the best training for the mind.
Virtue is harmony.