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 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...

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

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

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...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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...

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

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

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

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

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...

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....

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt,...

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt,...

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little...

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little...

Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine

Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine