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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.
- Mortimer Adler
#Creation
#Image
#Itself
#Reproduction
The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.
- Mortimer Adler
#Belief
#Christian
#God
#Love
#World
In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
- Mortimer Adler
#Different
#Kinds
#Love
#Must
#Use
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
#Ask
#Meaning
#Never
#Questions
#Yourself
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 is when they are in love and reading a love letter.
- Mortimer Adler
#Better
#Effort
#Love
#Men
#Women
The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.
- Mortimer Adler
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#Facts
#Full
#Single
#Telephone
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.
- Mortimer Adler
#Activity
#Arduous
#Friendship
#Leisure
Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.
- Mortimer Adler
#Immortality
#Itself
#Love
#Wishes
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
- Mortimer Adler
#Child
#Example
#Friendship
#Her
#Love
#Mother
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
#Doing
#Mind
#Nothing
#Order
#Time
When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love.
- Mortimer Adler
#Care
#Difference
#Justice
#Love
#World
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
- Mortimer Adler
#Ants
#Ideas
#Like
#Live
#Men
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 enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.
- Mortimer Adler
#Education
#End
#Good
#Happiness
#Human
#Life
Love without conversation is impossible.
- Mortimer Adler
#Conversation
#Impossible
#Love
#Without
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.
- Mortimer Adler
#Get
#Good
#Point
#See
#Through
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
#Love Is
#Love
#Pleasure
#True Love
#True
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.
- Mortimer Adler
#Arbitrary
#Freedom
#Men
#Other
#Rule
We love even when our love is not requited.
- Mortimer Adler
#Even
#Love Is
#Love
#Our Love
#Our
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
- Mortimer Adler
#Being
#Love
#Selfless
#Sense
#Without
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
- Mortimer Adler
#Growth
#Learning
#Live
#Our
#Purpose
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
- Mortimer Adler
#Alone
#Lonely
#Love
#Loved
#Us
Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.
- Mortimer Adler
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#Love
#Perfect
#Person
#Relationship
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