Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient in their own case they are not ashamed of practicing towards others; they demand just rule for themselves, but where other men are concerned they care nothing about it. Such behavior is irrational; unless the one party is, and the other is not, born to serve, in which case men have a right to command, not indeed all their fellows, but only those who are intended to be subjects; just as we ought not to hunt mankind, whether for food or sacrifice . .
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. - Aristotle
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
- Aristotle
A friend of everyone is a friend of no one - Aristotle
A friend of everyone is a friend of no one
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in. - Aristotle
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing. - Aristotle
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing.
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances. - Aristotle
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.
One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time. - Aristotle
One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time.
Education is the best provision for old age. - Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age.
Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal . - Aristotle
Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it. - Aristotle
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it.
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