Who was Aristotle?
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and educator who lived in Macedonia from 384 BC-322 BC. His contributions to a variety of subjects is extensive, especially his studies in philosophy and science. It is said that a great portion of his works have been lost and only about one third remain in existence.
One consistent thing that you can find throughout history is some great quotes from a variety of great talents, including Aristotle. His quotes have something for everyone, and some to really make you think....but maybe not quite like Aristotle.
~ To perceive is to suffer. ~
~ Evil brings men together.~
~ Well begun is half done. ~
~ Nature does nothing in vain.~
~ Hope is the dream of a waking man.~
~ No one loves the man whom he fears. ~
~ The soul never thinks without a picture. ~
~ The whole is more than the sum of its parts. ~
~Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. ~
~Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. ~
~The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.~
~ No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. ~
~ For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. ~
~ The young are
permanently in
a state resembling
intoxication. ~
~ Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient. ~
~ Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. ~
~ Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. ~
~ What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.~
~ Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love. ~
~ We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. ~
~ There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.~
~ If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out. ~
~ Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.~
~ All men by nature desire knowledge.~
~ All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. ~
~ Education is the best provision for old age. ~
~ Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.~
~Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. ~
~ Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. ~
~ My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.~
~ The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. ~
~ The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. ~
~ It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ~
~The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.~
~ The law is reason,
free from passion. ~
~ Change in all things is sweet.~
~ The end of labor is to gain leisure.~
~ Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. ~
~ Most people would rather give than get affection. ~
~ Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.~
~ Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.~
~ You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. ~
~ The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make. ~
~ 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. ~
Did You Know?
Aristotle believed that the universe had never had a beginning, and would never have an end, it was eternal....
~ We cannot
learn
without pain. ~
~ The secret to humor
is surprise. ~
~ To die will be an awfully big adventure. ~
~ Between friends there is no need of justice. ~
~ Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ~
~ Philosophy is the science which considers truth. ~
~ All that we do is done with an eye to something else. ~
~ Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. ~
~ The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. ~
~ Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. ~
~ Not to get what you have your heart set on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all. ~
~ It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others. ~
~ Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. ~
~ Happiness depends upon
ourselves. ~
~ People generally despise where they flatter.~
~ The least deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold. ~
~ The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men. ~
~ Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. ~
~ Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. ~
~ Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage. ~
~ One must learn by doing
the thing,
for though you think you
know it,
you have no certainty
until you try. ~