The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. George Santayana on age
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. George Santayana on alone
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. George Santayana on art
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. George Santayana on art
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. George Santayana on art
The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. George Santayana on art
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. George Santayana on beauty
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. George Santayana on best
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption it is not a symbol, but a fraud. George Santayana on change
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. George Santayana on courage
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. George Santayana on death
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana on death
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. George Santayana on design
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. George Santayana on dreams
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. George Santayana on education
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption it is not a symbol, but a fraud. George Santayana on experience
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. George Santayana on experience
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. George Santayana on experience
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. George Santayana on experience
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. George Santayana on experience