Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, and popular author.
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. Use this quote
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. Use this quote
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity. Use this quote
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
