Aristotle

entertain a thought

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

happiness

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

Educating the heart

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

Excellence alternative choice

“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 (384-322BC)

criticism

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

pleasure - perfection

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

Touch of Madness intellect genius

"No great intellect has been without a touch of madness"

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

soul think image

"the soul cannot think without an image"

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

poverty revolution crime

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime".

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

leisure activity

“This is the main question, with what activity one’s leisure is filled.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

excellence art training act habit

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

goal objective means ends wisdom money materials method

"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."

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

money give easy whom purpose when

"To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter."

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

money guarantee future needs desire

"Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises."

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

learn before do by doing

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

instrument work shuttle lyre servant slave control

“…if every instrument could accomplish its own work, obeying or anticipating the will of others … if the shuttle weaved and the pick touched the lyre without a hand to guide them, chief workmen would not need servants, nor masters slaves.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)

democracy creditor debtor oligarchy aristocracy

“Under democracy, creditors begin to make loans and the debtors can’t pay and the creditors get more and more money, and they end up turning a democracy into an oligarchy, and then the oligarchy makes itself hereditary, and you have an aristocracy.”

― Aristotle (384-322BC)