An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture.

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.