The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Mind Quotes

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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

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

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

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...

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...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

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...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

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...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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

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

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

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

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

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...

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not...

I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not...