The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Belief Quotes

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

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.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

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.

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,...

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...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

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...

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure.

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest