18 Quotes by Charles Van Doren

I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.

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.

There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding.

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

I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them.

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.

The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness.

I never wanted to see another quiz show.

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.