Maxioms by Mortimer Adler
After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When read more
After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When [an episcopal priest] prayed for my recovery, I choked up and wept. The only prayer I knew word for word was the Pater Noster. On that day and in the days after it, I found myself repeating the Lord's Prayer, again and again, and meaning every word of it. Quite suddenly, when I was awake one night, a light dawned on me, and I realized what had happened... After many years of affirming God's existence and trying to give adequate reasons for that affirmation, I found myself believing in God.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
