Wisdom from Aristotle – Enlightening Quotes to Live By

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

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

Wisdom from Aristotle – Enlightening Quotes to Live By part 2

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The law is reason free from passion.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure but to avoid pain.

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

Education is the best provision for old age.

To be conscious is to be alive.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The more one knows, the more one realizes how much one doesn’t know.

Man is by nature a social animal.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Change in all things is sweet.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

One swallow does not make a summer.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.