What did George Santayana mean by: There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana Copy
Better not be a hero than work oneself up into heroism by shouting lies. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Heroism, Honesty, Integrity, 0 George Santayana
What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Science, Truth, Values, 0 George Santayana
He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Belief, Perception, Reality, 0 George Santayana
Tolerated people are never conciliated. They live on, but the aroma of their life is lost. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Alienation, Loss, Tolerance, 0 George Santayana
The spirit’s foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Complexity, Growth, Spirituality, 0 George Santayana
Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Love, Masters, Standards, 0 George Santayana
A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Existence, Transformation, Transience, 0 George Santayana
A dream is always simmering below the conventional surface of speech and reflection. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Dream, Reflection, Speech, 0 George Santayana
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
