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

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Source : Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1975). “The Story of Civilization: The age of Napoleon; a history of European civilization from 1789 to 1815”

Ariel Durant

#Infinity Quotes #Philosopher Quotes #Now And Then Quotes

“No, really, Ronnie, it's good to share information when you know someone else is dating the lunarly challenged.”
“Health begets Spirit.”
“Why become well-versed in science and the arts if not to impress a lovely little woman?”
“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
“I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.”
“Don't let yourself be weighed down by what other people think, because in a few years, in a few decades, or in a few centuries, that way of thinking will have changed. Live now what others will only live in the future.”
“I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel.”
“When we think we know we cease to learn.”

Source : Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952). “Radhakrishnan: An Anthology”

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