Selected quotes · 60
№ 01
“Hope is a waking dream.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 02
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
AristotleCourage
№ 03
“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 04
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
AristotleFaith
№ 05
“Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.”
AristotleJustice
№ 06
“We make war that we may live in peace.”
AristotleLife
№ 07
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
AristotleMindset
№ 08
“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 09
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”
AristotleLeadership
№ 10
“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
AristotleFaith
№ 11
“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.”
AristotleFreedom
№ 12
“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 13
“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.”
AristotleHappiness
№ 14
“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”
AristotleTime
№ 15
“The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
AristotleJustice
№ 16
“To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”
AristotleTime
№ 17
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”
AristotleTime
№ 18
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
AristotleCourage
№ 19
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”
AristotleLife
№ 20
“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”
AristotleFriendship
№ 21
“The secret to humor is surprise.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 22
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
AristotleCreativity
№ 23
“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.”
AristotleCourage
№ 24
“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.”
AristotleCourage
№ 25
“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
AristotleFriendship
№ 26
“Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.”
AristotleFriendship
№ 27
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
AristotleAction
№ 28
“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 29
“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.”
AristotleLeadership
№ 30
“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 31
“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.”
AristotleNature
№ 32
“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
AristotleResilience
№ 33
“He who hath many friends hath none.”
AristotleFriendship
№ 34
“Nature does nothing in vain.”
AristotleNature
№ 35
“Change in all things is sweet.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 36
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 37
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”
AristotleCourage
№ 38
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”
AristotleLife
№ 39
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
AristotleFaith
№ 40
“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 41
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
AristotleFriendship
№ 42
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
AristotleFriendship
№ 43
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
AristotleHappiness
№ 44
“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”
AristotleCreativity
№ 45
“To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.”
AristotleFaith
№ 46
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
AristotleNature
№ 47
“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”
AristotleJustice
№ 48
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
AristotleCreativity
№ 49
“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 50
“All men by nature desire knowledge.”
AristotleNature
№ 51
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 52
“Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
AristotleFaith
№ 53
“It is not wealth but character that lasts.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 54
“We're what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
AristotleSuccess
№ 55
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
AristotleCreativity
№ 56
“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
AristotleGrowth
№ 57
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 58
“Those who wish to succeed must ask the right preliminary questions.”
AristotleWisdom
№ 59
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
AristotleMindset
№ 60
“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”
AristotleCourage