Quotes by another Greek master - Aristotle. Best known as the tutor for Alexander the Great for almost three decades (ah, the virtues of a good coach) Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy at Athens from age 18 to 37, writing on many varied topics from ethics to metaphysics, chemistry to zoology and many more.
A glimpse into the great mind that shaped much thought in our world through some of his quotes.
(More at the site http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2192.Aristotle)
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.”
“Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.”
A glimpse into the great mind that shaped much thought in our world through some of his quotes.
(More at the site http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2192.Aristotle)
“Knowing yourself is the beginning
of all wisdom.”
“What is a friend? A single soul
dwelling in two bodies.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind
to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“Hope is a waking dream.”
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
“Wishing to be friends is quick
work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
“Happiness is the meaning and the
purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
“No great mind has ever existed
without a touch of madness.”
“Educating the mind without
educating the heart is no education at all.”
“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.”
“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.”
“To perceive is to suffer.”
“The educated differ from the
uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.”
“A friend to all is a friend to
none.”
“To avoid criticism say nothing, do
nothing, be nothing.”
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit
is sweet.”
“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.”
“He who has overcome his fears will
truly be free.”
“Those who know, do. Those that
understand, teach.”
“The antidote for fifty enemies is
one friend.”
“I count him braver who overcomes
his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over
self.”
“Whosoever is delighted in solitude,
is either a wild beast or a god.”
“The high-minded man must care more
for the truth than for what people think.”
“The aim of art is to represent not
the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
“Happiness is the settling of the
soul into its most appropriate spot.”
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.”
“Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.”
1 comment:
good. Education figures in many of them.
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