Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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,...

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with 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.

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.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

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.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

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

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

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

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.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.