Aristotle Quotes
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All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
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Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.
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Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.
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A goal gets us motivated,while a good habit keeps us stay motivated.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
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What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable.
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Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
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Happiness is a sort of action.
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Happiness is the reward of virtue.
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end.
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He who takes his fill of every pleasure ... becomes depraved; while he who avoids all pleasures alike ... becomes insensible.
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A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.
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The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.
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All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
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Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue.
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The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.
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The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
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Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.
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Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.
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Art takes nature as its model.
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Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.
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The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.