Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

Quote by George Santayana

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The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons...

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons...

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.