One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.
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.
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.
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.
Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or erotic have a sexual root or core. They are all sublimations of the sexual instinct.
Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
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.
It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure.
In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.
I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give.
Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.
Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
Being influential is not the mark of a great book.
Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.
Idling is important. Most people don't know how. They're afraid of it. This explains why they turn on the television set or pick up the newspaper. They think they have to be doing something.
In idling, the motor's running, but you're letting your mind take in anything. Things pop into it. Those are the gifts of subterranean conscious.
