Mortimer Adler Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.”

“Love without conversation is impossible.”

“If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.”

“Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.”

“The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.”

“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.”