Aristotle Quotes
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A person's life persuades better than his word.
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The soul is characterized by these capacities; self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and movement.
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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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Authority is no source for 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 society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
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Speeches are like babies-easy to conceive but hard to deliver.
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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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Everyone honors the wise.
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All things are full of gods.
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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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The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.
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Those who act receive the prizes.
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Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely in all respects.
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Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.
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To Unlearn is as hard as to Learn.
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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.
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Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
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You can never learn anything that you did not already know.
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A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.