Author: Charles Van Doren

Quotes

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

- Charles Van Doren

I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.

I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.

- Charles Van Doren

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

- Charles Van Doren

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

- Charles Van Doren

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