Mortimer Adler
Quotations
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“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
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“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.” -Mortimer Adler
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“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
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“Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.” -Mortimer Adler
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“Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.” -Mortimer Adler
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“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
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“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
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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. – Mortimer Adler
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