I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this,… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
We wish the joy of love, the joy of companionship, of being in the company of, in the presence of the person… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
If we consider men and women generally, and apart from their professions or occupations, there is only one situation I can think… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, persists after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
There is a strange fact about the human mind, a fact that differentiates the mind sharply from the body. The body is limited in… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Angels are able to know and understand better than the human intellect can, precisely because such knowledge and understanding comes to them by way… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
