Quotes from Aristotle

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The hardest victory is the victory over self.

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.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.