The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

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...

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...

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

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.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

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,...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

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

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

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...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.