Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

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

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.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.