An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Dangerous Copy Share Image
Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Civilization Copy Share Image
“History is the mighty tower of experience, which time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. - Forward” — Hendrik Willem van Loon History Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Adulthood Copy Share Image
In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Cases Copy Share Image
In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Caught Copy Share Image
The world is in dreadful need of men who will assume the new leadership - who will have the courage of their… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Assuming Copy Share Image
High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. It is a hundred miles long and a hundred… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Beaks Copy Share Image
A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Accounts Copy Share Image
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in… — Hendrik Willem Van Loon Art Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon Dilemma Copy Share Image
“The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food. Wherever food was plentiful, thither man has… — Hendrik Willem van Loon History Copy Share Image
It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Darkness Copy Share Image
Great art... is the result of the labours of thousands of faithful craftsmen who know that they are doomed to remain for… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Art Copy Share Image
The foundation for a new era was laid but yesterday. The human was given its first chance to become truly civilised when… — Hendrik Willem van Loon All things Copy Share Image
....This world needs Utopias as it needs fairy stories. It does not matter so much where we are going, as long as… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Beacons Copy Share Image
“For tolerance (and you must remember this when you grow older), is of very recent origin and even the people of our… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Hypocrisy Copy Share Image
The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter. — Hendrik Willem van Loon Adventure Copy Share Image
