Mortimer Adler

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

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Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

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Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.

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Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.

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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.

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The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

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Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

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Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

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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.

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Leisure is not synonymous with time. Nor is it a noun. Leisure is a verb. I leisure. You leisure.

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Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

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Quotes by Mortimer Adler