All Aristotle Quotes
- The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and… Compulsion
- Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance Chance
- A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul. Body
- Character is revealed through action. Action
- Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved. Armed
- Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion,… Any
- Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert. According
- We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea. Action
- Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to… Arise
- Education begins at the level of the learner. Begins
- A friend is another I. Friend
- Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats… Accompanied
- If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature. Art
- In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength. Attachment
- Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to… Ability
- 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… Deserving
- This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options. All
- Talent is culture with insolence. Culture
- There is honor in being a dog. Dog
- It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking. Divine
- All human happiness and misery take the form of action. Action
- We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference. Action
- It is possible to fail in many ways . . . while to succeed is possible only in one way (for which reason also one… Difficult
- We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he,… Act
- At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose Abilities