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

Quote by Will Durant

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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

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...

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...

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

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.

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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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

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

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...