Aristotle Quotes

The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.

Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form)

How dear to the mind of the sage are the thoughts that are bred in loneliness; for there is as it were music at his heart, and he talketh within him as with friends.

Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly.

It belongs to the self-respect of intellect to pursue every tangle of thought to its final unravelment.

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.

I'm not sure if I could tell the difference—between just staring into space and thinking. We're usually thinking all the time, aren't we? Not that we live in order to think, but the opposite isn't true either—that we think in order to live. I believe, contrary to Descartes, that we sometimes think in order not to be. Staring into space might unintentionally have the opposite effect.

What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.

Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.

What is addressed to us for contemplation does not threaten us, but makes us intellectual beings.

To meditate is to labour; to think is to act.

Research now seems to indicate that one hour of inner action is worth seven hours of out-in-the-worl d action. Think about that. You're working too hard.

You spend your time thinking about that and you get lost in reflection.

Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.

It really don't matter what you're thinking about, as long as you're thinking about something.

The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness.

We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus of sensuality and low vice; because of the place it gives to truth; because it demands free inquiry; because its mighty truths and systems are brought before the mind in the same way as the truths and systems of nature; because it solves higher problems than nature can; and because it is so communicated as to be adapted to every mind.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.

Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.

In fact, philosophy is universal in scope. No man can live without a world view; therefore, there is no man who is not a philosopher.