Pythagoras

The highest goal of music is to connect our soul to our divine nature, not for entertainment but for the healing of the soul.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who is not master of himself.

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

The soul of man is divided into three parts: intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and reason are divine, passion is mortal.

Man, know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

Despise all those things which require splendor.

Do not walk on highways.

Do not help a man to take off a burden, but to lay it on.

Do not look in a mirror by lamplight.

Do not lean on a staff.

Do not speak about Pythagorean matters without light.

The world is a living creature, endowed with soul and intelligence.

The Tetractys is the source of eternal nature.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and war.

The greatest blessing of mankind are the inventions of men; the next are their discoveries.

The most important part of life is to choose the right path.

The oldest and shortest words 'yes' and 'no' are those which require the most thought.

A point, a line, and a surface are the elements of all things.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few.