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Knowledge Quotes by Will Durant
- Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom…
- Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.
- Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts.…
- Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
- Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
- Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
- And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave…
- Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.
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