Showing posts with label Aristotle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aristotle. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Inspirational Quote # 120

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 119

It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 118

It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 117

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 116

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

By Aristotle

Monday, June 1, 2009

Inspirational Quote # 115

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 114

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal; equals revolt in order that they may be superior.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 113

In short, the habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 112

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 111

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

By Aristotle

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Inspirational Quote # 110

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 109

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 108

For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.

By Aristotle

Inspirational Quote # 107

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

By Aristotle

Monday, May 25, 2009

Aristotle Quote # 20

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Aristotle Quote # 19

Bad men are full of repentance.

Aristotle Quote # 18

Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.

Aristotle Quote # 17

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Aristotle Quote # 16

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

Aristotle Quote # 15

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.