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

Quote by George Santayana

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The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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.

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...

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

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...

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

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...

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

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

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

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...