The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society.

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.

It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking.

Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.

The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23

As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.

But it is not at all certain that this superiority of the many over the sound few is possible in the case of every people and every large number. There are some whom it would be impossible: otherwise the theory would apply to wild animals- and yet some men are hardly any better than wild animals.