Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Dependence Quotes, Happiness Quotes

Man is naturally a political animal.

Man is naturally a political animal.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

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.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

People generally despise where they flatter

People generally despise where they flatter

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to none.