Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?
AristotleBut what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.
AristotleSo that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.
AristotleWe ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.
Aristotle