Love Without Conversation Is Impossible.

... The Person Who, At Any Stage Of A Conversation, Disagrees, Should At Least Hope To Reach Agreement In The End. He Should Be As Much Prepared To Have His Own Mind Changed As Seek To Change The Mind Of Another ... No One Who Looks Upon Disagreement As An Occasion For Teaching Another Should Forget That It Is Also An Occasion For Being Taught.

The Complexities Of Adult Life Get In The Way Of The Truth. The Great Philosophers Have Always Been Able To Clear Away The Complexities And See Simple Distinctions - Simple Once They Are Stated, Vastly Difficult Before. If We Are To Follow Them We Too Must Be Childishly Simple In Our Questions - And Maturely Wise In Our Replies.

Reading A Book Should Be A Conversation Between You And The Author. Presumably He Knows More About The Subject Than You Do; If Not, You Probably Should Not Be Bothering With His Book. But Understanding Is A Two-way Operation; The Learner Has To Question Himself And Question The Teacher, Once He Understands What The Teacher Is Saying. Marking A Book Is Literally An Expression Of Your Differences Or Your Agreements With The Author. It Is The Highest Respect You Can Pay Him.

All Genuine Learning Is Active, Not Passive.

The Tragedy Of Being Both Rational And Animal Seems To Consist In Having To Choose Between Duty And Desire Rather Than In Making Any Particular Choice