Quotes from Will Durant

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Make wisdom human to the adolescent mind.

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.

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

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

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

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

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.

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.

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.

Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

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.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.