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Mortimer J. Adler Quotes

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.

Mortimer J. Adler
Author, Educator, Philosopher

Topics in Justice

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Quotes by Mortimer J. Adler

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

Mortimer J. Adler

Topics in Joy, Love

Tags in Perfect, Person
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Mortimer J. Adler

Topics in Life

Tags in Book
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

Mortimer J. Adler

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Through, Book
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 J. Adler

Topics in America

Tags in Christianity, Presidency, Faith, Problems, American
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 J. Adler

Topics in Justice, Love

Tags in World, Care, Difference
There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and reading a love letter.

Mortimer J. Adler

Topics in Effort, Love

Tags in Situation, Women, Reading, Mankind, Men

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Mortimer J. Adler

Birth:	28th December, 1902
Death:	28th June, 2001
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Educator, Philosopher

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