Top 1292 Quotes & Sayings by Aristotle - Page 7

We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.

Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.

All proofs rest on premises.

All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.

The greatest victory is over self.

The actuality of thought is life.

The complete man must work, study and wrestle.

People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.

There is no genius who hasn't a touch of insanity.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.

Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by experiment. The same thing is true in every case of the kind: wine and all fluids that evaporate and condense back into a liquid state become water. They all are water modified by a certain admixture, the nature of which determines their flavour.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.

Memory is the scribe of the soul.

Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are deficient in higher qualities.

Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.

You should never think without an image.

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

Nothing is what rocks dream about

A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.

When you feel yourself lacking something, send your thoughts towards your Intimate and search for the Divinity that lives within you.

Speeches are like babies-easy to conceive but hard to deliver.

If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life. Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.

Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.

The young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine.

We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect.

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.

Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money, is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent. Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural.

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.

A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.

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 anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.

A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

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 take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

Personal beauty requires that one should be tall; little people may have charm and elegance, but beauty-no.

The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.

It is no easy task to be good.

Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.

The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering.

A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.

The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward.

Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.

Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.

Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.