The 187+ Will Durant Quotes

Which Is Now A More Hopeful Statement Than Swift Intended It To Be.

Civilization Is The Order And Freedom Is Promoting Cultural Activity.

Caesar's Armies Marched On Vegetarian Foods.

A Statesman Cannot Afford To Be A Moralist.

Truth Always Originates In A Minority Of One, And Every Custom Begins As A Broken Precedent.

Progress Is The Increasing Control Of The Environment By Life.

Education Is The Transformation Of Civilisation

So The Story Of Man Runs In A Dreary Circle, Because He Is Not Yet Master Of The Earth That Holds Him.

Science Tells Us How To Heal And How To Kill; It Reduces Our Death Rate In Retail And Then Kills Us Wholesale In War; But Only Wisdom - Desire Coordinated In The Light Of All Experience - Can Tell Us When To Heal And When To Kill.

That A Few Simple Men Should In One Generation Have Invented So Powerful And Appealing A Personality, So Lofty Ethic, And So Inspiring A Vision Of Human Brotherhood, Would Be A Miracle Far More Incredible Than Any Recorded In The Gospels.

Human Progress Having Reached A High Level Through Respect For The Liberty And Dignity Of Men, It Has Become Desirable To Re-affirm These Evident Truths

Nature Has Never Read The Declaration Of Independence. It Continues To Make Us Unequal.