Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Appreciation Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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...

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.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

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.

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on...

Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

Where is Philosophy sleeping this saturday afternoon? Are the philosophers already dead? Are the poets...

Where is Philosophy sleeping this saturday afternoon? Are the philosophers already dead? Are the poets...