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

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim – Aristotle

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self – Aristotle

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers – Aristotle

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit – Aristotle

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous – Aristotle