The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

Quote by George Santayana

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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

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

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...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...