Conjugal Love, Or The Friendship Of Spouses,

Television, Radio, And All The Sources Of Amusement And Information That Surround Us In Our Daily Lives Are Also Artificial Props. They Can Give Us The Impression That Our Minds Are Active, Because We Are Required To React To Stimuli From The Outside. But The Power Of Those External Stimuli To Keep Us Going Is Limited. They Are Like Drugs. We Grow Used To Them, And We Continuously Need More And More Of Them. Eventually, They Have Little Or No Effect. Then, If We Lack Resources Within Ourselves, We Cease To Grow Intellectually, Morally, And Spiritually. And We We Cease To Grow, We Begin To Die.

Wonder Is The Beginning Of Wisdom In Learning From Books As Well As From Nature.

All Books Will Become Light In Proportion As You Find Light In Them.

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.

We Wish The Joy Of Love, The Joy Of Companionship, Of Being In The Company Of, In The Presence Of The Person We Love, Of Living A Common Life With That Person, Perhaps Ultimately The Joy Of Perfect Union.