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" 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. "

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" If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love. "

" 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. "

" The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. "

" The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. "

" An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture. "

" Love without conversation is impossible. "

" Idling is important. Most people don't know how. They're afraid of it. This explains why they turn on the television set or pick up the newspaper. They think they have to be doing something. "

" One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union. "

" Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. "

" Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful. "

" Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself. "

" Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. "

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

" Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. "

" Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure. "

" 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. "

" I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give. "

" In idling, the motor's running, but you're letting your mind take in anything. Things pop into it. Those are the gifts of subterranean conscious. "

" The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea. "

" We love even when our love is not requited. "

" Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. "

" 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. "

" Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. "

" 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. "

" Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. "

" Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable. "

" Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. "

" Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality. "

" 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. "