It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. George Santayana on truth
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. George Santayana on truth
Only the dead have seen the end of the war. George Santayana on war
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. George Santayana on war
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. George Santayana on wisdom
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. George Santayana on wisdom
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different. George Santayana on women
When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. George Santayana on women
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. George Santayana on experience
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots. George Santayana on friendship
A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. George Santayana on happiness
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. George Santayana on religion