Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. George Santayana buildemotionallife Change image and share on social
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all. George Santayana answerdispositionkindly Change image and share on social
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. George Santayana atheismdenyfashion Change image and share on social
The Bible is literature, not dogma. George Santayana bibledogmaliterature Change image and share on social
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. George Santayana agreeconclusionfriend Change image and share on social
Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. George Santayana bodypiercesigh Change image and share on social
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. George Santayana dualismfactgeneral Change image and share on social
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape. George Santayana altogetherapedrunkard Change image and share on social
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. George Santayana childendowexperience Change image and share on social
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. George Santayana intelligencequicknessthing Change image and share on social