Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Quote by Aristotle

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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 most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

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;...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

Happiness is activity.

Happiness is activity.

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...