We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Future Quotes, Past Quotes

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

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 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...

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

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...

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

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...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

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...

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...

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.

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have...

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have...