“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.”
Mortimer Adler“Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.”
Mortimer Adler“Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.”
Mortimer Adler“Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.”
Mortimer Adler“Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.”
Mortimer Adler“Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.”
Mortimer Adler“One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.”
Mortimer Adler“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”
Mortimer Adler“The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.”
Mortimer Adler“Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.”
Mortimer Adler