What did George Santayana mean by: Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. George Santayana Copy
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
Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Criticism, Expectations, Philosophy, 0 George Santayana
The pint would call the quart a dualist, if you tried to pour the quart into him. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Capacity, Duality, Perspective, 0 George Santayana
Philosophy may describe unreasoning, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Force, Refutation, 0 George Santayana
A sanctity hangs about the sources of our being, whether physical, social, or imaginary. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Being, Sanctity, Sources, 0 George Santayana
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Creativity, Tranquility, 0 George Santayana
Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Deception, Self-deception, Truth, 0 George Santayana
Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Anxiety, Desperation, Survival, 0 George Santayana
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
