What did George Santayana mean by: To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried. George Santayana Copy
Eloquence is a republican art, as conversation is an aristocratic one. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Art, Eloquence, Society, 0 George Santayana
Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself and not in its subject. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Melancholy, Self-absorption, Subjectivity, 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
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Borrowing, Danger, 0 George Santayana
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Autonomy, Freedom, Identity, 0 George Santayana
Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Despair, Faith, Supernatural, 0 George Santayana
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Death, Duty, Nature, 0 George Santayana
To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Identity, Opportunity, Values, 0 George Santayana
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too. Jean Craighead George
There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself. Jean Craighead George
The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation. Francisco Goya Painter · Spain
