Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world.

Quote by George Santayana

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

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

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

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

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds,...

The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds,...

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day...

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day...