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

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.

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.

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

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.

Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate what is sound from error and falsehood, to suspend judgement if they are not convinced, or to judge with reason if they agree or disagree?

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