Aristotle

Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
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.
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
He who hath many friends hath none.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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.