Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Discovery Quotes, Education Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

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

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

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.