Author: Mortimer Adler

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Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

- 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

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

- 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

We love even when our love is not requited.

We love even when our love is not requited.

- Mortimer Adler

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

- 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

Love without conversation is impossible.

Love without conversation is impossible.

- 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

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