George Santayana

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him read more

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.