Quotes for the Week: Aristotle (384BC – 322BC)

Aristotle is one of the fathers of philosophy and contributed to so many fields including science while he was alive. He had writings in many subjects which include physics, metaphysics, poetry, music, logic, politics, etc.

If there is anyone that will have many wonderful quotes, I think it will be this great Greek philosopher.

Aristotle

Here are some of his quotes:

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

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

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.”

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

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”

“The worst form of inequality is trying to make unequal things equal.”

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of mind next to honor.”

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“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.”

“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”

“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.”

Have a great week ahead.

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