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Mortimer Adler has 89 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or…
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One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why…
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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
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It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also…
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When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate…
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Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively…
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You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to…
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If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of…
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Love without conversation is impossible.
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Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
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I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.
— Unknown Author
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Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what's more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the…
— Buddhadasa
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Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the…
— Valerie Wilson Wesley
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When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they…
— Unknown Author
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Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.
— Alberto Manguel
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The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.
— Mortimer Adler
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You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...
— Keri Hulme
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Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they…
— Walter Lippmann
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When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a…
— Michael Morpurgo
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I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the…
— Katherine Paterson
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