Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
Nature operates in the shortest way possible.
To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.
If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are deficient in higher qualities.
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.