It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure. Mortimer Adler additiongiveimpulse share on social
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity. Mortimer Adler activityarduousform Change image and share on social
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. Mortimer Adler bodycontinuegrow Change image and share on social
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think. Mortimer Adler amountmindoccur Change image and share on social
Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure. Mortimer Adler earnleisurelive Change image and share on social
An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture. Mortimer Adler assimilatecultureeducate Change image and share on social
We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also. Mortimer Adler acknowledgeassureend share on social
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. Mortimer Adler conjugaldesiredisappear Change image and share on social
One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union. Mortimer Adler aimcreationimage Change image and share on social
If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess. Mortimer Adler bookexpectgive Change image and share on social
