Author: Mortimer Adler

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You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.

You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.

- Mortimer Adler

If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.

If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.

- Mortimer Adler

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

- Mortimer Adler

There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and reading a love letter.

There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and reading a love letter.

- Mortimer Adler

Love without conversation is impossible.

Love without conversation is impossible.

- Mortimer Adler

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

- Mortimer Adler

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

- Mortimer Adler

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

- Mortimer Adler

I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give.

I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give.

- Mortimer Adler

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