100 Top Inspirational Will Durant Quotes
Will Durant, an American philosopher, historian and 1968's Pulitzer Prize winning author co-wrote 'The Story of Civilization', an eleven-volume work with his writer wife, Ariel Durant. He perceived philosophy as a means to unify and humanize historical knowledge. His groundbreaking works- 'The Pleasure of Philosophy' and 'The Story of Philosophy' are contemporary application of his knowledge on American history, the Bible, religion, evolution as well as rebuilding and decline of human civilizations. Both his books are most successful histroriographical editorials in American history. Will, who's a recipient of 'Presidential Medal of Freedom' in 1977, started off as a reported for the New York Evening Journal. Following his graduation at St. Peter's College, Durant began his professional career as a school teacher. Will's life dramatically changed after the wedding. He quit teaching and went on to develop philosophical views regarding the society. He and his wife presented insightful stories of Western life, as it progressed through different ages. Will and Ariel's life is a struggle for equal wages, fair working condition, American labor rights and women security. Due to his revolutionary views and skilled tongue, he'll forever be remembered as an amazingly talented creative genius who inspired younger generations to think beyond the social realms without historical restrictions and boundaries. He had a profound impact on several subjects through his writings and thoughts. We have scanned through his most popular work and life observations to present some of Will Durant’s quotes. Here is a collection of Will Durant Quotes about civilization, books, philosophy, India, history, life, science, failures, mistakes, education, liberty and much more.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism.
How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.
Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.
Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.
Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean
Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether men can bear to live without God.
When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement.
So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.
There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.
In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.
You can’t fool all the people all the time,” but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.
Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.
History is an excellent teacher with few pupils.
In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war.
If we rated greatness by the influence of the great, we will say "Muhammad is the greatest of the great in history
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[N]o language has ever had a word for a virgin man.
To rulers religion, like almost everything else, is a tool of power.
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within
The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to widen freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality. East is West and West is East, and soon the twain will meet.
