And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.__Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, "Book X: Pleasure and Happiness," translated by W.D. Ross
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.__Aristotle
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.__Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.__Aristotle
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.__Aristotle
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.__Aristotle
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.__Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.__Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.__Aristotle
Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it.__Aristotle
