33 Quotes By Will Durant


Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
Will Durant on knowledge

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant on knowledge

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
Will Durant on knowledge

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
Will Durant on money

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
Will Durant on money

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
Will Durant on nature

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
Will Durant on science

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant on science

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
Will Durant on time

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
Will Durant on truth

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
Will Durant on war

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant on wisdom

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
Will Durant on morals