Aristotle Quotes

It is the activity of the intellect that constitutes complete human happiness - provided it be granted a complete span of life, for nothing that belongs to happiness can be incomplete.

Aristotle

• Happiness
• Human
• Activity
• Intellect
• Belongs

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Good
  • Important
  • Remember

• I have faith in the jury system.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Faith
  • System
  • Jury

• I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.

  Mandy Bujold
  • Research
  • Injury
  • Box

• There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Great
  • Art
  • Happiness

• Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Human
  • Act
  • Morality

• The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Character
  • Human
  • Analysis

• The world may be driven by the same ancient impulses. We will continue to see human struggles and successes. We will witness human glory and tragedies.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • World
  • May
  • Human

• The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Trying
  • American
  • Happiness

• The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Power
  • Free
  • Humanity

• None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.

  

  Said Musa
  • Human
  • Negative
  • Impact

• Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Change
  • Justice
  • Ethics

• My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'

  

  Sam Richards
  • Way
  • Study
  • Things

• It has been possible to trace historically back to a very early age the taxes which were imposed on medicines, spices and similar substances in German towns. Thus, for instance, one finds that in the year 1500, thirteen, in 1540, thirty-eight, and in 1708, already one hundred and twenty vegetable oils are mentioned.

  

  Otto Wallach
  • Age
  • Year
  • German

• I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Never
  • Human
  • Said

• The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.

  

  Daniel Gilbert
  • Like
  • Happiness
  • Knowing

• Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

  

  Jack Miller
  • Lies
  • Human
  • Religions

• My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Time
  • Classic
  • Cheesy

• My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Style
  • Human
  • Diplomacy

• The aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought....The little human animal will not at first have the right responses. It must be trained to feel pleasure, liking, disgust, and hatred at those things which really are pleasant, likable, disgusting, and hateful.

  

  Aristotle
  • Education
  • Animal
  • Human

• Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Truth
  • Human
  • Nonsense

• True worship is obedience to God for no other reason than that you delight in God.

  

  J. D. Greear
  • God
  • True

• I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.

  

  Barack Obama
  • President
  • United States

• I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • Consciousness
  • Intuitive
  • Intellectual logical analysis

• It is the activity of the intellect that constitutes complete human happiness - provided it be granted a complete span of life, for nothing that belongs to happiness can be incomplete.

  

  Aristotle
  • Happiness
  • Human
  • Activity