Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: reading
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. AdlerHabits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed by the repetition of contrary acts.
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: habits
If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you don't already possess
Mortimer J. AdlerThe truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: great-books
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: wisdom
A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through the mind of either.
Mortimer J. AdlerIs it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate what is sound from error and falsehood, to suspend judgement if they are not convinced, or to judge with reason if they agree or disagree?
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: truth education sound-judgement
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: freedom discipline
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations. Ignorance does not make a fool as surely as self-deception.
Mortimer J. AdlerTags: wisdom knowledge mysteries limitations
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