George Santayana ( 10 of 40 )
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, read more
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, read more
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
