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 family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

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.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Build up your credit Build up your self esteem Build up your bank account Moving...

Build up your credit Build up your self esteem Build up your bank account Moving...

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.