In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. - Mortimer J. Adler
Books are absent teachers. - Mortimer J. Adler
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. - Mortimer J. Adler
The beauty of any work of art is related to the pleasure it gives us when we know it well. - Mortimer J. Adler
If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart. - Mortimer J. Adler