Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, who lived a long time ago in Greece. Even though he lived a long time before us, what he said is still important today. His ideas about life, thinking, and how people should act are still helpful.
We’re going to share some of the smart things Aristotle said. They might make you think about life in a new way.
Famous Aristotle Quotes:
Aristotle, a towering figure in philosophy and science, left behind a wealth of wisdom. Here are 30 of his most famous quotes:
- The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
- Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.
- Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
- 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.
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises to give even his life-knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
- Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
- Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach.
- Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
- The unexamined life is not worth living.
- Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
- Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power not to act.
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- A friend to all is a friend to none.
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
- To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
- It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
- Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
- 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.
- The unexamined life is not worth living.
- He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
