“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.” - Aristotle Important quotes that offer words of wisdom about life. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. Aristotle (384-322) was born in a small Greek colony in Thrace called Stagira. His father was a physician and served the grandfather of Alexander the Great. Presumably, it was his father who taught him to take an interest in the details of natural life. He was Plato’s prize student, even though he disagreed with him on many points. When Plato died, Aristotle stayed for a while with another student of Plato, who had made himself a dictator in northern Asia Minor. He married the dictator’s daughter, Pythias. They moved to Lesbos, where Pythias died giving birth to their only child, a daughter. Although he married again, his love for Pythias never died, and he requested that they be buried side by side. For four years, Aristotle served as the teacher of a thirteen-year-old Alexander, son of Philip of Macedon. In 334, he returned to Athens and established his school of philosophy in a set of buildings called the Lyceum (from a name for Apollo). The beautiful grounds and covered walkways were conducive to leisurely walking discussions, so the students were named for the peripatoi (“covered walkways”). Plato was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's metaphysics and epistemology appear to have been originally influenced by Presocratic thinkers. As a young man, however, Plato became a student of Socrates and turned his attention to the question of what constitutes a virtuous life. Almost all of Plato's writings date from after Socrates's trial and execution. Plato (437-347) was Socrates’ prized student. From a wealthy and powerful family, his actual name was Aristocles -- Plato was a nickname, referring to his broad physique. When he was about twenty, he came under Socrates’ spell and decided to devote himself to philosophy. Devastated by Socrates’ death, he wandered around Greece and the Mediterranean and was taken by pirates. His friends raised money to ransom him from slavery, but when he was released without it, they bought him a small property called Academus to start a school -- the Academy, founded in 386. Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. Sources: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/athenians.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Youtube Filter P1 Filmed using Google Pixel 3 XL Philosophy and musings while hiking ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqnacOgLw1w

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." - Friedrich Nietzsche Youtube Filter C4 Filmed using Google Pixel 3 XL Philosophy and musings while hiking Perkin's Farm Conservation Area, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts, New England USA Earth ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlTljSN2egA

How I wrote and recited it: "Stay away from people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds give you a feeling that you, too, can become great, too." "Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.” Mark Twain I discovered when looking for the source: "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain Mark Twain is the pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced. He had a great wit and a friendly nature. He hated politics and some of his great quotes were about government and politicians. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain Filmed using Google Pixel 3 XL Philosophy and musings while hiking Perkin's Farm Conservation Area, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts, New England USA Earth ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0_SCcvfZE

Both Religion and Spirituality are bad when you separate yourself from others. If your Religion tells you you are better than others it is misleasing you. When you believe your spiritual path makes you better than others, you have lost the path. When your way, your mindset is better than what other people are doing, you are following the wrong path. Perkin's Farm Worcester, MA Filmed using Google Pixel 3 XL Philosophy and musings while hiking Perkin's Farm Conservation Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, USA, Earth, ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhyv_SYnI9g