The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Wonder Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.