All Mortimer Adler Quotes
- I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is… Choice
- Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself. Ask
- Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. Found
- 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… Century
- There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It… Better
- We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts… Acknowledge
- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or… All
- First, an angel is spiritually present at whatever place in physical space happens to be occupied by the body on which it acts. It can… Acts
- The materialist assumption that spiritual substances do not exist is as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the reality of angels. Act
- Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error. Disagreement
- The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students. Along
- 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 except… Affecting
- The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God. According
- In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade.… Ability
- If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably will not grow much from reading… All
- The best protection against propaganda of any sort is the recognition of it for what it is. Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious.… Afterwards
- 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.… Belief
- The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the… Education
- The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. Avoid
- My chief reason for choosing Christianity was because the mysteries were incomprehensible. What's the point of revelation if we could figure it out ourselves? If… Chief