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.

I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought.

Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.

In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos is his ability to touch feelings to move people emotionally. The logos is his ability to give solid reasons for an action, to move people intellectually.

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

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.