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
I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way. Mortimer Adler choiceeroticfind Change image and 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
Being influential is not the mark of a great book. Mortimer Adler bookgreatinfluential Change image and share on social
Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. Mortimer Adler associationbaseconsist share on social
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 United States was an orthodox Christian. Mortimer Adler centurychampionchristian Change image and share on social
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. Mortimer Adler arbitraryemancipationfreedom 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
