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.

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.

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

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.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

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