Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. Aristotle on power
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle on power
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 on power
A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. Aristotle on power
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. Aristotle on power
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. Aristotle on power
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle on religion
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. Aristotle on respect
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. Aristotle on science
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. Aristotle on society
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. Aristotle on teacher
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. Aristotle on time
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. Aristotle on time
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle on time
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul. Aristotle on time
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted. Aristotle on time
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. Aristotle on truth
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. Aristotle on truth
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. Aristotle on truth
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. Aristotle on truth