Aristotle Quotes
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For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the greater.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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Law is mind without reason.
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All men seek one goal: success or happiness.
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Wit is cultured insolence.
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These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.
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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
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Education begins at the level of the learner.
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Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.
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And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce.
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What we expect, that we find.
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Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.
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A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.
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Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone's garden.
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Perception starts with the eye.
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God has many names, though He is only one Being.
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Character is determined by choice, not opinion.
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One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.
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Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.
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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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We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
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In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.
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The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.
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And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.