Greek
Philosopher
(384 BC -
March 7,
332 BC)
"And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention."
"The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend."
"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy."
"Art not only imitates nature, but also completes it deficiencies."
"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids."
"A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies."
"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."
"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them."
"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity."
"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."
"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."
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
"Hope is a waking dream."
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of the circumstances."
"In all natural things there is something of the marvelous."
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."
"Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain."
"Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals."
"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."
"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."
"No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness."
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
"The secret to humor is surprise. "
"There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man."
"Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach."
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."
"To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence."
"To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do."
"The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival."
"Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones."
"We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions."
"Well begun is half done."
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing."
"The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."
"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
