Author: Mortimer Adler

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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

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

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 love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

- 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

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

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

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

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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