Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Quote by George Santayana

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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts...

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

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.

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Purity,patience, and preserverance are the three essentials to success, and above all: love.

Purity,patience, and preserverance are the three essentials to success, and above all: love.

There is not an hour that goes by that I do not think of making...

There is not an hour that goes by that I do not think of making...