Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too. – Charles Van Doren
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. – Charles Van Doren
I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception… I have deceived my friends – and I had millions of them. – Charles Van Doren
The last part, the part you’re now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. – 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. – Charles Van Doren
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts. – Charles Van Doren
