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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Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

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...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who...

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...

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

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...

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...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.