Will Durant Quotes

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

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• Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

  

  F. H. Bradley
  • Men
  • Knowledge
  • Wife

• Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.

  

  Warren Weaver
  • People
  • Good
  • Why

• I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Inspiration
  • Look
  • Philosophy

• Historical science is being left in the dust.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Science
  • Being
  • Dust

• Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • World
  • Live
  • Science

• The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • People
  • World
  • Knowledge

• We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.

  

  Candice S. Miller
  • Truth
  • Science
  • Support

• Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Life
  • World
  • Work

• Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Book
  • Universe
  • Language

• Transhumanism is the ethics and science of using things like biological and genetic engineering to transform our bodies and make us a more powerful species.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Science
  • Powerful
  • Engineering

• I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Done
  • Success
  • Study

• Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Mind
  • Art
  • Man

• There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Science
  • Political
  • Religious

• My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Want
  • Philosophy
  • Walk

• If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Science

• The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort.

  

  Dan Shechtman
  • Science
  • Small
  • Effort

• Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault.

  

  Pamela Sargent
  • People
  • Up
  • Science

• If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.

  

  Barbara McClintock
  • Knowledge
  • Know
  • Right Track

• During my career as an airline pilot, I had the opportunity to be a check and training captain. Part of this job was to train and test experienced pilots to ensure that they had the necessary knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently operate those magnificent big jets.

  

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf
  • Job
  • Career
  • Opportunity

• The angle of entry of the ball equals the angle of release. You cannot deny the laws of science.

  

  Ed Palubinskas
  • Science
  • Laws
  • Release

• Obviously, after 'The Matrix,' it was a case of, 'OK, I did that. What's next?' I mean, it's always like that, but more so this time. How do I change it up? How do I keep it interesting for myself?

  

  Laurence Fishburne
  • Up
  • Time
  • Interesting

• I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music
  • Freedom

• Anyone who makes the life of Jewish people difficult or grievous, as did the Pharaoh, as did Hitler, will be cursed by God.

  

  John Hagee
  • People
  • Life
  • God

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

  

  Will Durant
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