Quotes of Mortimer Adler

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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

- Mortimer Adler

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“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ My love for you does not recognize boundaries, distances, borders, or timezones! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. ”

- Jack Thorne

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ If you care about someone enough, you’ll always be there for them no matter what. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Those who ignore the rise of evil and depravity in a democracy, grant tacit license of acceptance and draw harm upon the vulnerable. When someone has altered our course without consent, we must engage to restore our path. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”

- Rabindranath Tagore

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right. ”

- Becca Fitzpatrick

“ Living with a purpose in life is more fulfilling than living a rich lifestyle without a purpose. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through selfgratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo