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Quote by Mortimer Adler
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodie

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. – Mortimer Adler

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One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian. – Mortimer Adler

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Faith
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Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. – Mortimer Adler

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Friendship
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The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction. – Mortimer Adler

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Education
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. – Oscar Wilde, "The Critic as Artist," 1890

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Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do. – Margaret Laurence

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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. – Alvin Toffler

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Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number. – Author Unknown

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Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person. – Carrie Preston

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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. – John Locke

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I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when Im on an airplane – I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because its the only time I can sleep, and its the only time I get to read. – Kesha

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I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my fathers life. – Sidney Poitier

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