The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Quote by George Santayana

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To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

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

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

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...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

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,...

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...

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...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

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...

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

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...