Will Durant quotes and words of wisdom

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
Found in the topic Education.

"Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art."
Found in the topic Art.

"The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
Found in the topic Discovery.

"Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul."
Found in the topic Knowledge.

"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, And dies with chaos."
Found in the topic Chaos.

"Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty."
Found in the topic Philosophy.

"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice."
Found in the topic Change.

"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."
Found in the topic History.

"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds."
Found in the topic Thief.

"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy."
Found in the topic Diploma.

"The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority."
Found in the topic Minority.

"Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent."
Found in the topic Precedent.

Interesting Quotes

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.Walter Bagehot - English economist & journalist (1826 - 1877)

All we are saying is give peace a chance.John Lennon - English singer & songwriter (1940 - 1980)