The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival – Aristotle

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them – Aristotle

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies – Aristotle

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it – Aristotle

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme – Aristotle

The energy of the mind is the essence of life – Aristotle