Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

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

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

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.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery...

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery...

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health,...

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh...

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh...

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat...

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat...