“We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whi...” — Mortimer Adler Quote

We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also.

Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

My understanding of religion and science is that they're both arrogant schools of thought, and whether they acknowledge it or not they continually broadcast the idea that they have the world figured out. And what they don't know, they have a theory for which is probably correct. It feels like that shrinks the world, rather than expands it.

We acknowledge we are a blessed nation with a rich history of faith and fortitude, with a future that is filled with promise and purpose.

America is a nation with many flaws that only the stupid would deny, but with hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.