Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or… — 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
There is no more irritating fellow than the man who tries to settle an argument about communism, or justice, or liberty, by… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Sin is not only manifested in certain acts that are forbidden by divine command. Sin also appears in attitudes and dispositions and… — 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
The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Political democracy cannot flourish under all economic conditions. Democracy requires an economic system which supports the political ideals of liberty and equality… — 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
