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

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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. "

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

" Love without conversation is impossible. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Being influential is not the mark of a great book. "

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

" In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names. "

" 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. "

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

" Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or erotic have a sexual root or core. They are all sublimations of the sexual instinct. "

" If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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