In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, persists after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

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.

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

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

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.