I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought. But if God… — 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
