Will Durant Quotes

In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, Will Durant Picture Quote

In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence,

— Will Durant

Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt — particularly to doubt one’s Will Durant Picture Quote

Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt — particularly to doubt one’s

— Will Durant

The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. Will Durant Picture Quote

The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history.

— Will Durant

Never put a man in the wrong. He will hold it against you forever. Will Durant Picture Quote

Never put a man in the wrong. He will hold it against you forever.

— Will Durant

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline Will Durant Picture Quote

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline

— Will Durant

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up Will Durant Picture Quote

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up

— Will Durant

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals Will Durant Picture Quote

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals

— Will Durant

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self. Will Durant Picture Quote

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

— Will Durant

By and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, Will Durant Picture Quote

By and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich,

— Will Durant

Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can Will Durant Picture Quote

Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can

— Will Durant

Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous. Will Durant Picture Quote

Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.

— Will Durant

Grow strong, my comrade … that you may stand Unshaken when I fall; Will Durant Picture Quote

Grow strong, my comrade … that you may stand Unshaken when I fall;

— Will Durant

How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself. Will Durant Picture Quote

How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.

— Will Durant

Liberty is a product of order. Will Durant Picture Quote

Liberty is a product of order.

— Will Durant

An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make Will Durant Picture Quote

An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make

— Will Durant

A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean. Will Durant Picture Quote

A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.

— Will Durant

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till “Bloody Mary” frowned upon Will Durant Picture Quote

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till “Bloody Mary” frowned upon

— Will Durant

In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. Will Durant Picture Quote

In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply.

— Will Durant

Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free. Will Durant Picture Quote

Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free.

— Will Durant

The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those Will Durant Picture Quote

The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those

— Will Durant

[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. Will Durant Picture Quote

[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.

— Will Durant

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things. Will Durant Picture Quote

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.

— Will Durant

I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos Will Durant Picture Quote

I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos

— Will Durant

India was the motherland of our race and Samskrit the mother of Will Durant Picture Quote

India was the motherland of our race and Samskrit the mother of

— Will Durant

Nothing is new except arrangement. Will Durant Picture Quote

Nothing is new except arrangement.

— Will Durant

The failure of the reformation to capture France had left for the Will Durant Picture Quote

The failure of the reformation to capture France had left for the

— Will Durant

Education is the transformation of civilisation Will Durant Picture Quote

Education is the transformation of civilisation

— Will Durant

Science tells us how to heal and how to kill; it reduces Will Durant Picture Quote

Science tells us how to heal and how to kill; it reduces

— Will Durant

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle. Will Durant Picture Quote

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.

— Will Durant

The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Will Durant Picture Quote

The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not

— Will Durant

If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as Will Durant Picture Quote

If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as

— Will Durant

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It’s the Will Durant Picture Quote

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It’s the

— Will Durant

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is Will Durant Picture Quote

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is

— Will Durant

The finger that turns the dial rules the air. Will Durant Picture Quote

The finger that turns the dial rules the air.

— Will Durant

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions. Will Durant Picture Quote

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

— Will Durant

History repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological Will Durant Picture Quote

History repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological

— Will Durant

The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past. Will Durant Picture Quote

The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past.

— Will Durant

Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, Will Durant Picture Quote

Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing,

— Will Durant

The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations. Will Durant Picture Quote

The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.

— Will Durant

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; Will Durant Picture Quote

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust;

— Will Durant

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