List of Mortimer Adler Quotes

Emancipation Of Human Labor From Economic Servitude And Exploitation, I.e., From Organizations Of Production In Which The Conditions Of Work Are Determined By A Master Class Who Own The Means Of Production, And In Which The Fruits Of Work Are Alienated From Workers To The Benefit Of Masters.

If Your Friend Wishes To Read Your 'plutarch's Lives,' 'shakespeare,' Or 'the Federalist Papers,' Tell Him Gently But Firmly, To Buy A Copy. You Will Lend Him Your Car Or Your Coat - But Your Books Are As Much A Part Of You As Your Head Or Your Heart.

First, An Angel Is Spiritually Present At Whatever Place In Physical Space Happens To Be Occupied By The Body On Which It Acts. It Can Be Present At That Place Without Leaving Heaven Which Is Its Spiritual Residence.

I Find The Selectivity Of Erotic Love - The Choice Of This Man Or This Woman - Much More Intelligible If Liking The Person Is The Origin Of Sexual Interest, Rather Than The Other Way.

Conjugal Love, Or The Friendship Of Spouses, Persists After Sexual Desires Have Weakened, Withered, And Disappeared.

One Reader Is Better Than Another In Proportion As He Is Able Of A Greater Range Of Activity In Reading And Exerts More Effort.

If We Consider Men And Women Generally, And Apart From Their Professions Or Occupations, There Is Only One Situation I Can Think Of In Which They Almost Pull Themselves Up By Their Bootstraps, Making An Effort To Read Better Than They Usually Do. When They Are In Love And Are Reading A Love Letter, They Read For All They Are Worth.

In English We Must Use Adjectives To Distinguish The Different Kinds Of Love For Which The Ancients Had Distinct Names.

Habits Are Formed By The Repetition Of Particular Acts. They Are Strengthened By An Increase In The Number Of Repeated Acts. Habits Are Also Weakened Or Broken, And Contrary Habits Are Formed By The Repetition Of Contrary Acts.

One Of The Aims Of Sexual Union Is Procreation - The Creation By Reproduction Of An Image Of Itself, Of The Union.

Aristotle Uses A Mother's Love For Her Child As The Prime Example Of Love Or Friendship.

The Complexities Of Adult Life Get In The Way Of The Truth.