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Will Durant was an American historian, philosopher, and writer, best known for his 'The Story of Civilization' series. His works delve into the development of human civilization, covering multiple civilizations from ancient times to the modern era. Durant is praised for his extensive reading and profound historical insight.

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“We are like a man who goes round a castle seeking in vain for an entrance, and sometimes sketching the facades. If we can ferret out the ultimate nature of our own minds we shall perhaps have the key to the external world.”

Mind Idealism Will Idea Concept Schopenhauer Universal Idea

Book:The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

Source: The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

“Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution' - this was left for lesser minds.”

Mind Art Lying Left Design Execution Conceiving

Author:Will Durant

“Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.”

Needs Mind Real Matter Form Purpose Progress Chaos Being Real Domination

Book:The greatest minds and ideas of all time

Source: The greatest minds and ideas of all time

“There is no real philosophy until the mind turns around and examines itself.”

Mind Real Philosophy Turns

Author:Will Durant

“Never mind your happiness; do your duty.”

Mind Action Happiness Duty

Book:The Story of Philosophy

Source: The Story of Philosophy

“India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings.”

Mind Humans Spirit Understanding Human Beings Teach India Tolerance Mature Hinduism Gentleness Unifying

Author:Will Durant

“The failure of the Reformation to capture France had left for Frenchmen no half-way house between infallibility and infidelity; and while the intellect of Germany and England moved leisurely in the lines of religious evolution, the mind of France leaped from the hot faith which had massacred the Huguenots to the cold hostility with which La Mettrie, Helvetius, Holbach, and Diderot turned upon the religion of the fathers.”

Way Mind Father House Left Religious Lines Half Cold Evolution England Hot Moved Intellect France Germany Capture Infidelity Hostility Reformation Frenchmen Half Way Infallibility

Author:Will Durant

“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.”

Mind Real Character Individual Revolution Enlightenment Saint Individuality Philosopher Improvement Revolutionary Emancipation

Author:Will Durant

“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”

People Thinking Mind Character Action Wish Fear Acting Virtue Trouble Honesty Positive Thinking Integrity Thinking Mind Thoughts And Thinking Mind Thinking Lost In Thought Mind Thoughts

Author:Will Durant

“The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.”

Men Mind Age Lasts Willing Goes On Ego Machines

Author:Will Durant