All genuine learning is active, not passive.
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
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.
One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.
It's not how many books you get through, it's how many books get through you.
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.