Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.

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

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

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.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

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.

...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.

The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.

I think [Albert] Camus felt very solitary. You can see it in all his books.

A lot of girls that work really hard and have had long careers, and stay grounded. I love Carolyn Murphy, she is gorgeous. All the VS Angels! They work super hard and have the sweetest personalities.

When you are far away from reality, your fantasy won't work.

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.

Myth continues to be a valuable way to understand parts of our nature that we can't quantify.

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

Take care of the hearts of the people, and Allāh will take care of your heart