Will Durant quotes
Will Durant was an American historian, philosopher, and writer, renowned for his works on the history of civilization. His most famous achievement is "The Story of Civilization," co-authored with his wife, Ariel Durant. He dedicated his life to making history accessible and engaging for general readers. Here are 140 of his quotes:
India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.
Will Durant
Historically the belief in heaven and the belief in utopia are like compensatory buckets in a well: when one goes down the other comes up. When the classic religions decayed, communistic agitation rose in Athens (430 B.C.), and revolution began in Rome (133 B.C.); when these movements failed, resurrection faiths succeeded, culminating in Christianity; when, in our eighteenth century, Christian belief weakened, communism reappeared. In this perspective the future of religion is secure.
Will Durant
Will Durant
Occupation: American Historian
Born: November 5, 1885
Died: November 7, 1981
Quotes count: 140
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