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Mortimer J. Adler
Desire is the root of relationships based on utility or pleasure-desire for money, fame, or power, desire for bodily pleasure of one sort or another. In sharp contrast, in relationships based on the excellence of the persons involved, love is fundamental and is the root or source of whatever desire comes to exist.
Mortimer J. Adler
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Mortimer J. Adler
Benevolent desires and giving represent the altruistic or unselfish aspect.
Mortimer J. Adler
Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.
Mortimer J. Adler
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
Mortimer J. Adler
Another example of heroic love is the American hero.
Mortimer J. Adler
All love is sexual love. The mythology of love shows that this is an ancient and popular view of the matter. Think of the character of Venus and her son Cupid, and the arrows of Cupid... cupidity. Love is something to be feared, even dreaded or avoided, as the worst enemy of peace of mind and repose.
Mortimer J. Adler
All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.
Henry B. Adams
Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.
Henry B. Adams
You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!