William J Durant quotes

" Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. " # Education # Progress # Ignorance

" The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes, rather than their minds. " # Mind # Fear # Hope

" One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. " # History and Historians # Cleverness # Intelligence and Intellectuals

" Never mind your happiness; do your duty. " # Action # Happiness # Duty

" The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations. " # Wealth

" Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. " # Knowledge # Love # Desire

" Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos. " # Liberty

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

" The family is the nucleus of civilization. " # Family

" Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle. " # Suffering