Aristotle Quotes

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, Say nothing, and Be nothing.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies. find the person who completes you!

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Hope is a waking dream.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Education is the best provision for old age.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Wit is educated insolence.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Memory is the scribe of the soul.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

The secret to humor is surprise.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

To perceive is to suffer.

Nature does nothing uselessly.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.