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 both market and battlefield to lose themselves in the quiet clarity of secluded thought; whose will is a light rather than a fire, whose haven is not power but truth: these are the men of wisdom, who stand aside unused by the world.
Will DurantSixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will DurantPower dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.
Will Durant