Sanity is madness put to good use.

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude...

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

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,...

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...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...