My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

Quote by George Santayana

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All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

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...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

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...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

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...

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

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

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

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied...

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied...

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that...

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that...