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.

The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

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

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 truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies.