Will Durant Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

17 Famous Quotes by Will Durant
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“Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game”
Learning Quotes
“Chaos results when the world changes faster than people”
Chaos Quotes
“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Diplomacy Quotes
“Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change”
Dissent Quotes
“Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos”
Order Quotes
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education Quotes
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Ignorance Quotes
“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”
Order Quotes
“Caesar's armies marched on vegetarian foods.”
Vegetarianism Quotes
“Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.”
History Quotes
“One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History Quotes
“Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.”
Civilization Quotes
“Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.”
Civilization Quotes
“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Diplomacy Quotes
“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education Quotes
“Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.”
Education Quotes
“The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.”
Minority Quotes