Aristotle: Trending quotes

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

“To perceive is to suffer.”

“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled”

“Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.”

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

“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”

“To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd”

“Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.”

“Well begun is half done.”

“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”

“It is thought that justice is equality, and so it is, though not for everybody but only for those who are equals; and it is thought that inequality is just, for so indeed it is, though not for everybody, but for those who are unequal.”

“The majority of mankind and people who lack refinement conceive it to be pleasure, and hence they approve a life of sensual enjoyment.”

“If a man knows what it is right to do, he does not require a formal reason. And a person that has been thus trained, either possesses these first principles already, or can easily acquire them.”

“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”

“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”

“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”

“He who hath many friends hath none.”

“Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”

“Therefore only an utterly senseless person can fail to know that our characters are the result of our conduct.”