Will Durant
10 quotes
“Science tells us how to heal and how to kill ; it reduces the death rate in retail and then kills us wholesale in war ; but only wisdom”
“The rise of philosophy, then, often heralds the decay of a civilization. Speculation begins with nature and begets naturalism; it passes to man”
“The invention and spread of contraceptives is the proximate cause of our changing morals . The old moral code restricted sexual experience to marriage, because copulation could not be effectively separated from parentage, and parentage could be made responsible only through marriage. But to”
“What is Civilization?”
“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves ; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say. We Have a Right To Be Happy Today , commencement address at the Webb School of Claremont, California”
“The Gentle Philosopher”
“Durants on History from the Ages, with Love,”
“Teachers: The Essence of the Centuries”
“The Second Sexual Revolution”
“I felt more keenly than before the need of a philosophy that would do justice to the infinite vitality of nature . In the inexhaustible activity of the atom, in the endless resourcefulness of plants, in the teeming fertility of animals, in the hunger and movement of infants, in the laughter and play of children , in the love and devotion of youth, in the restless ambition of fathers and the lifelong sacrifice of mothers, in the undiscourageable researches of scientists and the sufferings of genius , in the crucifixion of prophets and the martyrdom of saints”