Unless We Love And Are Loved, Each

More Consequences For Thought And Action Follow The Affirmation Or Denial Of God Than From Answering Any Other Basic Question.

Men Value Things In Three Ways: As Useful, As Pleasant Or Sources Of Pleasure, And As Excellent, Or As Intrinsically Admirable Or Honorable.

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.

Love Can Be Unselfish, In The Sense Of Being Benevolent And Generous, Without Being Selfless.

Let Me Roughly Divide Books Into Those Which Compete With The Movies And Those With Which The Movies Cannot Compete. They Are The Books That Can Elevate Or Instruct. If They Are Fine Works Of Fiction, They Can Deepen Your Appreciation Of Human Life. If They Are Serious Works Of Nonfiction, They Can Inform Or Enlighten You.