Where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power to not act. Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. Aristotle hateinspirationalcharacter Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. The answer to the last appeal of what is right lies within a man's own breast. Trust thyself. Aristotle wisebeautifullying The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Aristotle logical-reasoningphilosophicalpeace Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic? Aristotle menphilosophyart It is possible to fail in many ways . . . while to succeed is possible only in one way (for which reason also one is easy and the other difficult - to miss the mark easy, to hit it difficult). Aristotle failuremissingway Our feelings towards our friends reflect our feelings towards ourselves. Aristotle feelings To love someone is to identify with them. Aristotle love-someonelove The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get. Aristotle best-wayenvyway Men are marked from the moment of birth to rule or be ruled. Aristotle birthmomentsmen Philosophy can make people sick. Aristotle sickphilosophypeople Art is a higher type of knowledge than experience. Aristotle art-istypeart Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. Aristotle obstinateignorantpeople Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Aristotle menmeanlying Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons. Aristotle foolangerway The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well. Aristotle he-manhappinessmen The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. Aristotle spiritualinspirationalfall We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. Aristotle philosophicalbravecourage The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy. Aristotle true-friendcharacterpeople To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy. Aristotle rageangermen The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. Aristotle yogacourageinspirational
