90 Aristotle Quotes and Sayings

In this post, you will find amazing Aristotle sayings.

Short Aristotle Sayings

“Hope is a waking dream.” —Aristotle

“The light of the day is followed by night, as a shadow follows a body.” —Aristotle

“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” —Aristotle

“Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.” —Aristotle

“The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” —Aristotle

“We acquire a particular quality by acting in a particular way.” —Aristotle

“The passion is not appropriate for all ages, but only to youth.” —Aristotle

“The soul never thinks without a picture.” —Aristotle

“The end of labor is to gain leisure.” —Aristotle

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” —Aristotle

“Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.” —Aristotle

“Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.” —Aristotle

“Selfishness is not self-love, but an inordinate passion for self.” —Aristotle

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” —Aristotle

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.” —Aristotle

“To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd.” —Aristotle

“A friend of everyone is a friend of no one.” —Aristotle

“Through discipline comes freedom.” —Aristotle

“The happiness of life is assessed at the end of a life.” —Aristotle

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.” —Aristotle

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” —Aristotle

“Man is by nature a political animal.” —Aristotle

“No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.” —Aristotle

“The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.” —Aristotle

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” —Aristotle

“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.” —Aristotle

“The ignorant says the learned doubt, the wise thinking.” —Aristotle

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” —Aristotle

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” —Aristotle

“All men by nature desire knowledge.” —Aristotle

“Character is determined by choice, not opinion.” —Aristotle

“The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows.” —Aristotle

“Philosophy is the science which considers truth.” —Aristotle

“A gentleman is not disturbed by anything.” —Aristotle

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” —Aristotle

“Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.” —Aristotle

“Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.” —Aristotle

“The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.” —Aristotle

“Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.” —Aristotle

“Speeches are like babies-easy to conceive but hard to deliver.” —Aristotle

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” —Aristotle

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

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” —Aristotle

“Well begun is half done.” —Aristotle

“We do not know a truth without knowing its cause.” —Aristotle

Aristotle Sayings

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” —Aristotle

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” —Aristotle

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” —Aristotle

“Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.” —Aristotle

“We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.” —Aristotle

“All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.” —Aristotle

“The main purpose of politics is to create friendship among members of the city.” —Aristotle

“Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs.” —Aristotle

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

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” —Aristotle

“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” —Aristotle

“It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.” —Aristotle

“A line is not made up of points. … In the same way, time is not made up of parts considered as indivisible “nows”.” —Aristotle

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

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

“Spoken words are the symbols of mental experience, and written words are the symbols of spoken words.” —Aristotle

“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.” —Aristotle

“It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.” —Aristotle

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” —Aristotle

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.” —Aristotle

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.” —Aristotle

“One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.” —Aristotle

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies.” —Aristotle

“He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them.” —Aristotle

“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” —Aristotle

“Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.” —Aristotle

“Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.” —Aristotle

“All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.” —Aristotle

“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.” —Aristotle

“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.” —Aristotle

“But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end.” —Aristotle

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.” —Aristotle

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” —Aristotle

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.” —Aristotle

“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” —Aristotle

“The cultivation of the intellect is man’s highest good and purest happiness.” —Aristotle

“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth and wisdom.” —Aristotle

Top Ten Aristotle Sayings

Here you will find top ten Aristotle sayings selected by our team.

1. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” —Aristotle
2. It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” —Aristotle
3. The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” —Aristotle
4. Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in” —Aristotle
5. All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.” —Aristotle
6. A line is not made up of points. … In the same way, time is not made up of parts considered as indivisible “nows”.” —Aristotle
7. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” —Aristotle
8. The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” —Aristotle
9. For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” —Aristotle
10. The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” —Aristotle