Aristotle Quotes

139 Aristotle quotes by 116 unique authors

Balance in life is the key, as Aristotle taught us. Nobody likes a naive Pollyanna, but neither do we like to be around people who… — Mark Skousen
If there is an art of living, it is not something that can be taught timelessly. We have lessons to learn from Aristotle et al,… — Julian Baggini
For hym was levere have at his beddes heed Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or… — Geoffrey Chaucer
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you… — Haruki Murakami
If the average man is made in God's image, then such a man as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God. — H. L. Mencken
You could give Aristotle a tutorial and you could thrill him to the core of his being. Aristotle was an encyclopedic polymath, an all time… — Richard Dawkins
It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but… — Jostein Gaarder
If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat… — Blaise Pascal
Thus, from admiration of one wise and innocent child, and from a misheard remark, the process that not even Aristotle could codify was triggered. Where… — Harlan Ellison
Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's… — Ayn Rand
A human’s love. I couldn’t wish anything better for him. Animals protect what they know. They protect what they are bound to, but humans…humans have… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of the Islamic world… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle] — Aristotle
But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also stressed, passionately and… — Carl Sagan
Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The question is how you get them into the snowstorm. It's hard to write a good… — David Mamet
Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that… — Demetri Martin
When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and… — Brennan Manning
It's happened many times before. Usually it results in an exceptional and gifted human. Some of the greatest figures in Earth's history were actually the… — Pittacus Lore
Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men… — C.S. Lewis
Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the four earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human… — Lisa Kleypas
Was it Aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?” “No, that was Plato. Aristotle and Plato were as different… — Haruki Murakami
All that is good in our history is gathered in libraries. At this moment, Plato is down there at the library waiting for us. So… — Will Durant
What was Aristotle’s life?’ Well, the answer lay in a single sentence: ‘He was born, he thought, he died.’ And all the rest is pure… — Martin Heidegger
Man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser, and subtler; his body will become more harmonious, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of… — Leon Trotsky
The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out… — Michael Sandel

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