The materialist assumption that spiritual substances do not exist is as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the reality of angels.

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

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.

Let me roughly divide books into those which compete with the movies and those with which the movies cannot compete. They are the books that can elevate or instruct. If they are fine works of fiction, they can deepen your appreciation of human life. If they are serious works of nonfiction, they can inform or enlighten you.

The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith