Aristotle Quotes
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So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and the same rule must necessarily hold good with respect to all mankind.
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Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
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When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
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Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.
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The soul of man may be divided into two parts; that which has reason in itself, and that which hath not, but is capable of obeying its dictates.
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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
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Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.
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The hand is the tool of tools.
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A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.
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Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit.
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.
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To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
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We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.
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Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it is in itself precious. Thus happiness is a form of contemplation.
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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.
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Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.
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Friends hold a mirror up to each other; through that mirror they can see each other in ways that would not otherwise be accessible to them, and it is this mirroring that helps them improve themselves as persons.
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If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
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Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do.
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For we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use.