Aristotle – Kinksters' Quotes

How to avoid criticism

quotemaster — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:00:57 +0000

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

– Elbert Hubbard, in John North Willys, frequently misattributed to Aristotle

Elbert Hubbard is the author of A Message to Garcia

Excellence is never an accident.

quotemaster — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 06:00:00 +0000

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.

– Aristotle

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/80461-excellence-is-never-an-accident-it-is-always-the-result

Entertain that thought

quotemaster — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:00:43 +0000

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

– Aristotle

http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/quotations/aristotle.html

Aristotle on Slavery

quotemaster — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:00:07 +0000

But is there any one thus intended by nature to be a slave, and for whom such a condition is expedient and right,
or rather is not all slavery a violation of nature?
There is no difficulty in answering this question, on grounds both of reason and of fact.
For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but expedient;
from the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule.

– Aristotle, Politics, 350 B.C.E.

http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.1.one.html

Anyone can become angry

quotemaster — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 06:00:57 +0000

Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way. This is not easy.

– Aristotle

Aristotle, marble portrait bust, Roman copy (2nd century bc) of a Greek original (c. 325 bc); in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.

Excellence

quotemaster — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:00:35 +0000

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not a trait, but a habit.

– Aristotle