George Santayana ( 10 of 40 )
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.
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.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
