Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Quote:“Pleasure and pain test our habits; the temperate rejoice in abstinence, the profligate resent it.”​

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Quote:“Pleasure and pain test our habits; the temperate rejoice in abstinence, the profligate resent it.”​

“Pleasure and pain test our habits; the temperate rejoice in abstinence, the profligate resent it.”​— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 3(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Habits are your life’s battery health — just as phones degrade with constant 100% charging, ​ethical temperance thrives on 80% discipline + 20% joy. The profligate (like … Read more

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Quote:“We must sometimes lean toward excess or deficiency to hit the mean, as a crooked stick is straightened.”​

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Quote:“We must sometimes lean toward excess or deficiency to hit the mean, as a crooked stick is straightened.”​

“We must sometimes lean toward excess or deficiency to hit the mean, as a crooked stick is straightened.”​— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 9(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical growth is your life’s auto-correct — just as phones overcompensate typos before settling, ​dynamic balance requires strategic overshooting. Like bending a warped ruler … Read more