Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, one of the most important in history, who lived between 384 BC and 322 BC. His ideas have inspired many for more than 2000 years, and his thinking lives on today.
Here you will find our collection of Aristotle Quotes And Sayings that will inspire the genius within you.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
– Aristotle
Aristotle Quotes
1. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle
2. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle
3. “The soul never thinks without a picture. Hope is the dream of a waking man.” – Aristotle
4. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” – Aristotle
5. “The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.” – Aristotle
6. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle
7. “Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” – Aristotle
8. “There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.” – Aristotle
9. “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” – Aristotle
10. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
Inspirational Quotes By Aristotle
11. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle
12. “The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” – Aristotle
13. “We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.” – Aristotle
14. “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim, and end of human existence.” – Aristotle
15. “To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.” – Aristotle
16. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” – Aristotle
17. “Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” – Aristotle
18. “The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it.” – Aristotle
19. “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
20. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle
21. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” – Aristotle
22. “Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.” – Aristotle
23. “Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.” – Aristotle
24. “Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.” – Aristotle
25. “Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.” – Aristotle
26. “Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.” – Aristotle
27. “Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.” – Aristotle
28. “Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.” – Aristotle
29. “It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.” – Aristotle
30. “It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” – Aristotle
31. “The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.” – Aristotle
32. “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.” – Aristotle
33. “It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.” – Aristotle
34. “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” – Aristotle
35. “We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us.” – Aristotle
36. “Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.” – Aristotle
37. “We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.” – Aristotle
38. “Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances.” – Aristotle
39. “Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.” – Aristotle
40. “Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.” – Aristotle
41. “It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit.” – Aristotle
42. “The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.” – Aristotle
43. “Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.” – Aristotle
44. “The noblest expenditure is that which is made in the Divine Service.” – Aristotle
45. “The quality of life is determined by its activities.” – Aristotle
46. “The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” – Aristotle
47. “For the essence of a riddle is to express true facts under impossible combinations.” – Aristotle
48. “The cultivation of the intellect is man’s highest good and purest happiness” – Aristotle
49. “Courage is the mother of all virtues because, without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.” – Aristotle
50. “Without virtue, man is most unholy and savage, and worst in regard to sex and eating.” – Aristotle
51. “Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle
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