"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom." ― Will Durant Topic(s): Science More From Will Durant "Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard." "The family is the nucleus of civilization." "Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle." More In Science "The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease."― James D. Watson "Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time."― Charles Francis Richter "Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway."― Mary Kay Ash