Quotes Compiled - Aristotle


"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
/ Aristotle /


"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
~~ Aristotle


"With truth, all given facts harmonise; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note."
~~ Aristotle


"The man with a host of friends who slaps on the back everybody he meets is regarded as the friend of nobody."
/ Aristotle /


"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
/ Aristotle /


"Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach."
~~ Aristotle


"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place; it is the moral duty of individuals to uphold what is right, despite societal norms."
-- Aristotle


"It is mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
~~ Aristotle


"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."
~~ Aristotle


"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
~~ Aristotle


"Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.


His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology, geology and government.


Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry.


As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion. Little is known about his life. Aristotle was born in the city of Stagira in Northern Greece."

Born: 384 BC, Stagira, Chalcidice
Died: 322 BC (aged 61–62), Euboea, Macedonian Empire
Education: Platonic Academy