Education is the transmission of civilization.

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Education Quotes

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

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

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

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.

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

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...

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our...

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our...

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions

Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions