Will Durant

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”

“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”

“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”

“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”

“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”

“The future never just happened. It was created.”

“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”

“Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood... while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry.”

“History is a vast early warning system.”

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

“Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.”

“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character.”

“Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational.”

“Knowledge is the parent of doubt.”

“The hero is a product of inspiring times, an efflorescence of a people that has come to consciousness of itself.”