Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for an action and a meaning solely in relation to a system of consciously accepted moral references

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Judgement Quotes, Mankind Quotes

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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...

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

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

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

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...

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.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your...

Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your...

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.