If I were rich I would have many books, and I would pamper myself with bindings bright to the eye and soft to the touch, paper generously opaque, and type such as men designed when printing was very young. I would dress my gods in leather and gold, and burn candles of worship before them at night, and string their names like beads on a string.
Will DurantThe South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.
Will DurantWe Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours; we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.
Will DurantProgress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.
Will Durant