1,638 Quotes by Aristotle

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

It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit

It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good.

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it, everybody is more inclined to neglect the duty which he expects another to fulfil.

Any one can get angry—that is easy—or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy.

…existence is to all men a thing to be chosen and loved, and that we exist by virtue of activity (i.e. by living and acting), and that the handiwork is in a sense, the producer in activity; he loves his handiwork, therefore, because he loves existence.

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

[Young people] are high-minded because they have not yet been humbled by life, nor have they experienced the force of circumstances. … They think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it."Rhetoric, fourth century BCE (BC)

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