An artist may visit a museum but only a pedant can live there. — George Santayana Art Copy Share Image
When a man's life is over, it remains true that he was one sort of man and not another. A man who… — George Santayana Dies Copy Share Image
Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. — George Santayana Fashion Copy Share Image
“It would be easy, however, to exaggerate the havoc wrought by such artificial conditions. The monotony we observe in mankind must not… — George Santayana Nature of man Copy Share Image
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are… — George Santayana Friends Copy Share Image
It is a pleasant surprise to him (the pure mathematician) and an added problem if he finds that the arts can use… — George Santayana Art Copy Share Image
People who feel themselves to be exiles in this world are mightily inclined to believe themselves citizens of another. — George Santayana Believe Copy Share Image
I believe in the possibility of happiness, if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions, including optimism. — George Santayana Believe Copy Share Image
What brings enlightenment is experience, in the sad sense of this word--the pressure of hard facts and unintelligible troubles, making a man… — George Santayana Buddhism Copy Share Image
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. — George Santayana Character Copy Share Image
“A habitual indulgence in the inarticulate is a sure sign of the philosopher who has not learned to think, the poet who… — George Santayana Philosophy Copy Share Image
...science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common-sense rounded out and minutely articulated. It is therefore as much an instinctive product,… — George Santayana Action Copy Share Image
“A good citizen must follow the movement of public affairs, so as to cast his vote intelligently, and know whether the party… — George Santayana Public affairs Copy Share Image
I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world. — George Santayana Beautiful Copy Share Image
A way foolishness has of revenging itself is to excommunicate the world. — George Santayana Earth Copy Share Image
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. — George Santayana Art Copy Share Image
Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are. — George Santayana Conventions Copy Share Image
The only kind of reform usually possible is reform from within; a more intimate study and more intelligent use of the traditional… — George Santayana Form Copy Share Image
There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made us… — George Santayana Ashamed Copy Share Image
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana Courage Copy Share Image
Men have feverishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell to find it ridiculous. — George Santayana Heaven Copy Share Image
