Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

Quote by George Santayana

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The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

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 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...

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.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

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 primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

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 family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

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...

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...

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

A step to the left can change your world.

A step to the left can change your world.

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...