Quotes by : Mortimer J. Adler

... a practical problem can only be solved by action itself. When your practical problem is how to earn....

The mind can atrophy, like the muscles, if it is not used.

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....

If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably....

... always keep in mind that an article of faith is not something that the faithful assume. Faith, for....

The reader tries to uncover the skeleton that the book conceals. The author starts with the skeleton....

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

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