Education is the sum total of one's experience, and the purpose of higher education is to widen our experiences beyond the circumscribed existence or our own daily lives.

We love even when our love is not requited.

The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice

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

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

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.