All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.

One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

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

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

My chief reason for choosing Christianity was because the mysteries were incomprehensible. What's the point of revelation if we could figure it out ourselves? If it were wholly comprehensible, then it would just be another philosophy.

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.