Spirituality Quotes by Aristotle

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

— Aristotle

The soul can not think without a picture.

— Aristotle

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

— Aristotle

Friendship is two souls inhabiting one body.

— Aristotle

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

— Aristotle

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

— Aristotle

Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

— Aristotle

The soul is the form of the body

— Aristotle

The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

— Aristotle

The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.

— Aristotle

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

— Aristotle

A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.

— Aristotle

The student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul.

— Aristotle

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

— Aristotle

It is our actions and the soul's active exercise of its functions that we posit (as being Happiness).

— Aristotle

Happiness is a certain activity of soul in conformity with perfect goodness

— Aristotle

The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to…

— Aristotle

The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of…

— Aristotle

We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of…

— Aristotle

Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not…

— Aristotle

That in the soul which is called mind (by mind I mean that whereby the soul thinks and judges) is, before it…

— Aristotle

The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those…

— Aristotle

Now the goodness that we have to consider is clearly human goodness, since the good or happiness which we set out to…

— Aristotle

A state of the soul is either (1) an emotion, (2) a capacity, or (3) a disposition; virtue therefore must be one…

— Aristotle

The soul consists of two parts, one irrational and the other capable of reason. (Whether these two parts are really distinct in…

— Aristotle

The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the…

— Aristotle

If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions…

— Aristotle

But nothing is yet clear on the subject of the intellect and the contemplative faculty. However, it seems to be another kind…

— Aristotle

Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in…

— Aristotle

The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it…

— Aristotle

There are two distinctive peculiarities by reference to which we characterize the soul (1) local movement and (2) thinking, discriminating, and perceiving.…

— Aristotle

The soul is the cause or source of the living body. The terms cause and source have many senses. But the soul…

— Aristotle

“Holding as we do that, while knowledge of any kind is a thing to be honoured and prized, one kind of it…

— Aristotle

What has soul in it differs from what has not, in that the former displays life. Now this word has more than…

— Aristotle

In bad or corrupted natures the body will often appear to rule over the soul, because they are in an evil and…

— Aristotle

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

— Aristotle

Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.

— Aristotle

Adoration is made out of a solitary soul occupying two bodies.

— Aristotle

The souls ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.

— Aristotle

Memory is the scribe of the soul.

— Aristotle