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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Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

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...

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

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.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

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...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

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

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

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...

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

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.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real...

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real...

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people...

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people...

Why have I used the Void-Being terminology? Because in Death, Void, Being, Life and the...

Why have I used the Void-Being terminology? Because in Death, Void, Being, Life and the...