Aristotle Quotes
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Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection.
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We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.
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Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.
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Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. The answer to the last appeal of what is right lies within a man's own breast. Trust thyself.
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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
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When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.
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All men seek one goal: success or happiness.
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What we expect, that we find.
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Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.
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The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does make a spring, nor does one fine day. Excellence is a habit, not an event.
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He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin ... will obtain the clearest view of them.
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Wit is cultured insolence.
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Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.
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It is of itself that the divine thought thinks, and its thinking is a thinking on thinking. Our characters are the result of our conduct.
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.
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Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy.
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Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
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Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.
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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
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God has many names, though He is only one Being.
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When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer.
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Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.