Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error.

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.

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.

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.

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

Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind except by brainwashing, which is the very opposite of genuine teaching.