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― Aristotle
“To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd.”
― Aristotle
“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.”
―“The Law is Reason free from Passion.”
―“Philosophy can make people sick.”
― Nicomachean Ethics“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”
―“Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.”
― Poetics“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
―“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
―“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”
―“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.”
―“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life--knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth while to live. He is of a disposition to do men service, though he is ashamed to have a service done to him. To confer a kindness is a mark of superiority; to receive one is a mark of subordination... He does not take part in public displays... He is open in his dislikes and preferences; he talks and acts frankly, because of his contempt for men and things... He is never fired with admiration, since there is nothing great in his eyes. He cannot live in complaisance with others, except it be a friend; complaisance is the characteristic of a slave... He never feels malice, and always forgets and passes over injuries... He is not fond of talking... It is no concern of his that he should be praised, or that others should be blamed. He does not speak evil of others, even of his enemies, unless it be to themselves. His carriage is sedate, his voice deep, his speech measured; he is not given to hurry, for he is concerned about only a few things; he is not prone to vehemence, for he thinks nothing very important. A shrill voice and hasty steps come to a man through care... He bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of his circumstances, like a skillful general who marshals his limited forces with the strategy of war... 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.”
― Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics.“Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God”
―“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.”
―“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world”
―“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.”
―“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”
―“Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.”
― The Nicomachean Ethics“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.”
―“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
―“Memory is the scribe of the soul”
―“Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.”
― The Philosophy of Aristotle“...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement....”
―“It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.”
― Politics“Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.”
―“We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.”
―“The soul never thinks without a mental picture.”
―“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”
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