102 Quotes by Mortimer Adler

The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

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.

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

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.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.