Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, who lived from 384 BC to 322 BC.
His views on physical science profoundly shaped medieval scholarship, His ethics have always been influential, and still to this day his quotes remain true, and wise enough for everybody to take note of.
Here is our collection of the 25 best Aristotle quotes about education, happiness, and ethics.
1. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
2. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
3. Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
4. A goal gets us motivated, while a good habit keeps us stay motivated.
5. Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
6. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
7. Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth, Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
8. He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
9. Man is a goal seeking animal, his life only has meaning, if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
10. Excellence is never an accident, It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution, it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, choice not chance determines your destiny.
11. One thing alone not even God can do, To make undone whatever hath been done.
12. Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
13. The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
14. Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
15. At his best, man is the noblest of all animals, separated from law and justice, he is the worst.
16. A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.
17. Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
18. Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.
19. It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.
20. Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.
21. Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
22. The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
23. You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
24. The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
25. Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
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