Man, not the earth, makes civilization.

- Ariel Durant

Today's rebel is tomorrow's tyrant.

- Ariel Durant

The laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history.

- Ariel Durant

Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a…

- Ariel Durant

The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, m…

- Ariel Durant

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe.

- Ariel Durant

Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.

- Ariel Durant

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity.

- Ariel Durant

If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even …

- Ariel Durant