Aristotle

One swallow does not make spring.

One swallow does not make spring.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, read more

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.