Averroes

Philosopher-Jurist Andalusian-Arab 1126 – 1198

Major commentator on Aristotle and reconciler of faith and reason.

371 quotes

"The integration of knowledge across disciplines reveals the hidden unity of all things."
Knowledge
"Love for learning is the truest form of love, for it seeks what is eternal."
Love
"The courage to be unpopular is often the price one pays for speaking truth."
Courage
"In the garden of human potential, every person possesses seeds of excellence."
Life
"The wise person recognizes that becoming is endless and perfection always retreats before us."
Wisdom
"Happiness consists not in the satisfaction of every desire but in the pursuit of worthy goals."
Happiness
"The educated mind sees connections where the uneducated see only isolated facts."
Education
"Justice delayed is worse than injustice swift, for it breeds contempt for law itself."
Justice
"The person enslaved by passion is no more free than the prisoner in chains."
Freedom
"Nature does not grant wishes; it rewards the industrious and punishes the idle."
Nature
"Beauty perceived without understanding is like food consumed without satisfaction."
Beauty
"The active life and the contemplative life are both necessary for the complete human being."
Life
"Every generation must rediscover truth for itself or it becomes mere inherited superstition."
Philosophy
"The proper government serves the people by elevating their understanding and virtue."
Politics
"War is justified only when all other remedies have failed and the cause is righteous."
War
"The strong person is not he who never falls but he who rises each time he falls."
Strength
"Patience in acquiring knowledge prevents the arrogance of the superficially educated."
Patience
"The imagination of a disciplined mind is more powerful than the strongest arm."
Imagination
"Time wasted cannot be recovered; therefore, use each moment as if it were your last."
Time
"The musician understands harmonies that the non-musician cannot even perceive."
Music
"In change, we recognize the fundamental nature of existence itself."
Change
"The artist who labors without inspiration produces dead forms; the inspired laborer produces life."
Art
"Science seeks to read the mind of God written in the language of mathematics and nature."
Science
"The leap of faith is taken not in darkness but in the light of partial understanding."
Faith
"A leader who does not serve the growth of his people is merely a tyrant with power."
Leadership
"Work performed with excellence becomes a form of worship of the divine order."
Work
"Dreams come true not by wishing but by the relentless effort of a focused mind."
Dreams
"History teaches that human nature remains constant even as circumstances change."
History
"The profit of the merchant means nothing if it corrupts the soul of his community."
Money
"Health of the body is worthless without health of the mind and spirit."
Health