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

We love even when our love is not requited.

We love even when our love is not requited.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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