Quotes from Aristotle

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Men cannot know each other till they have 'eaten salt together'.

Nothing is what rocks dream about

The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order symmetry and limitations; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.

The cultivation of the intellect is man's highest good and purest happiness

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness…

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

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. & It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor, so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion.

Wretched, ephemeral race, children of chance and tribulation, why do you force me to tell you the very thing which it would be most profitable for you not to hear? The very best thing is utterly beyond your reach: not to have been born, not to be, to be nothing. However, the second best thing for you is: to die soon

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 to be God-fearing and pious.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. ~ Aristotle

The man who does not enjoy doing noble actions is not a good man at all.