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Existence Quotes by George Santayana
- Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy.
- The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.
- The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence.
- Existence is a miracle, and, morally considered, a free gift from moment to moment.
- Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
- The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.
- Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.
- Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.
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