India was the motherland of ...

India was the motherland of our race and Samskrit the mother of Europe 's languages...Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.
 Will Durant

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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
 Will Durant
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
 Will Durant
Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.
 Will Durant
We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.
 Will Durant
Can a civilization hold together if man abandons his faith in God?
 Will Durant