Quotes from Aristotle

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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

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

Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.

Wit is educated insolence.

All men by nature desire to know.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Nature does nothing uselessly.

Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.

Happiness is a state of activity.

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

Through discipline comes freedom.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

We make war that we may live in peace.

To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Philosophy can make people sick.