Theme

Habit philosophy quotes

Philosophy quotations on habit, gathered from verified English renderings across traditions.

Why this theme matters

This theme page collects 7 English passages that touch habit as a philosophical concern—whether as a concept to define, a value to pursue, or a problem to examine.

In the history of philosophy

Related discussions appear across Greek, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and modern European traditions. Use the quotations below as entry points, then follow thinker pages for fuller context.

Thinkers in this collection

Aristotle , Marcus Aurelius , William James , Wang Fuzhi

Frequently asked questions

What did philosophers say about habit?

They approached habit from ethics, metaphysics, politics, and lived practice. The passages below show several of those angles in compact form.

Where can I find philosophy quotes about habit?

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  1. Virtues arise in us neither by nature nor contrary to nature; we are fitted by nature to receive them, and are brought to completion by habit.
  2. Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the soul is dyed by its impressions.
  3. Habit is the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent.
  4. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts.
  5. So too, by doing just acts we become just, by doing temperate acts temperate, and by doing brave acts brave.
  6. Habit and nature come to completion together and transform with each other.
  7. States of character arise out of like activities.