Will Durant Quotes

The worship of Mary transformed Catholicism from a religion of terror - perhaps necessary in the Dark Ages - into a religion of mercy and love. - Will Durant

The State, which had so often called for a reform of the Church, was now part of the evils, for the bishops were appointed by the King. - Will Durant

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

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. - Will Durant

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

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - Will Durant

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages. - Will Durant

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. - Will Durant

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

Perhaps Gandhi failed as saints are likely to fail in this very hostile, selfish and Darwinian world. But these very failures are the eternal successes attained by saintly people as they can never stoop to the detestable levels of this materialistic world in which each one is running after the god of Mammon. - Will Durant

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