Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it. Will Durant View this quote
Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power. Will Durant
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Peace is war by other means. Will Durant
Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt – particularly to doubt one’s cherished beliefs, one’s dogmas and one’s axioms. Will Durant
Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real. Will Durant
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. Will Durant
Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. Will Durant
Seek not to have things happen as you choose them, but rather choose that they should happen as they do; and you shall live prosperously. Will Durant
So philosophy purifies the will. But philosophy is to be understood as experience and thought, not as mere reading or passive study. Will Durant
The finger that turns the dial rules the air. Will Durant
The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past. Will Durant
American historian, philosopher and writer
November 5th, 1885 - November 7th, 1981