What did George Santayana mean by: He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing. George Santayana Copy
The true Christian is in all countries a pilgrim and a stranger. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Alienation, Faith, Identity, 0 George Santayana
Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Effort, End, Prayer, 0 George Santayana
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Altruism, Compassion, Empathy, 0 George Santayana
Our occasional madness is less wonderful than our occasional sanity. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Madness, Sanity, Wonder, 0 George Santayana
Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Beauty, Meaning, 0 George Santayana
Reason in my philosophy is only a harmony among irrational impulses. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Harmony, Irrational, Reason, 0 George Santayana
love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Death, Love, Poetry, 0 George Santayana
Religion is the love of life in the consciousness of impotence. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Existentialism, Faith., Powerlessness, 0 George Santayana
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