The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

We wish the joy of love, the joy of companionship, of being in the company of, in the presence of the person we love, of living a common life with that person, perhaps ultimately the joy of perfect union.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

Angels are able to know and understand better than the human intellect can, precisely because such knowledge and understanding comes to them by way of ideas infused in them by God.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.