“Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it.”

Will Durant.


“Time sanctifies everything; even the most errant theft, in the hands of the robber’s grandchildren, becomes sacred and inviolable property. Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag.”


Will Durant.

“History, said Bacon, is like the planks of a shipwreck; more of the past is lost than has been saved.”


Will Durant.


“A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean (google epicurean). At its cradle (to repeat a thoughtful adage) religion stands, and philosophy accompanies it to the grave.”
Will Durant.


“…..we need not expect to have better states until we have better men; till then all changes will leave the essential thing unchanged.”

Will Durant.


“Here,” (with the OT prophets) “for the first time in the literature of Asia, the social conscience takes definite form, and pours into religion a content that lifts it from ceremony and flattery to a whip of morals and a call to nobility. With Amos begins the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Will Durant.

“They” (the OT prophets) “offered to the unfortunate of the earth a vision of brotherhood that became the precious and unforgotten heritage of many generations.”


Will Durant.