Home > Work > The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6)

The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6) QUOTES

The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6) QUOTES

1 " And, after speech, it provided a readier instrument for the dissemination of nonsense than the world has ever known until our time. "

― Will Durant , The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6)

2 " All those fascinating varieties of terrain—mountains and valleys, fiords and straits, gulfs and streams—that make Europe a panorama of diverse delight, have broken the population of a minor continent into a score of peoples cherishing their differences, and self-imprisoned in their heritage of hate. "

― Will Durant , The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6)

3 " Science gives man ever greater powers but less significance. It gives him better tools with less purposes. It is silent on origins, values, and ultimate aims. It gives life and history no meaning or worth that is not canceled by time and death. "

― Will Durant , The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6)