Quotes by : Mortimer J. Adler

Most of us are addicted to non-active reading. The outstanding fault of the non-active or undemanding....

....a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better;....

There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is....

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

The ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature understanding of what....

If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell....

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.

What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of....

Mathematics is one of the major modern mysteries. Perhaps it is the leading one, occupying a place in....

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able....