Aristotle Quotes
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Philosophy begins with wonder.
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The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.
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The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
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...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.
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A vivid image compels the whole body to follow.
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The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.
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As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they are married, and called husband and wife. If during the time of bearing children anything of the sort occur, let the guilty person be punished with a loss of privileges in proportion to the offense.
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Moral qualities are so constituted as to be destroyed by excess and by deficiency. . .
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Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.
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Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings.
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It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
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Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
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These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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95% of everything you do is the result of habit.
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Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.
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A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.