What did George Santayana mean by: To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. George Santayana Copy
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
We should have to abandon our vested illusions, our irrational religions and patriotisms. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Illusions, Religions, 0 George Santayana
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Perspective, Revision, Truth, 0 George Santayana
My soul hates the fool whose only passion is to live by rule. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Conformity, Individuality, Rebellion, 0 George Santayana
Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Fatal, Self-assurance, 0 George Santayana
Sometimes we have to change the truth in order to remember it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Adaptation, Memory, Truth, 0 George Santayana
Boston was a moral and intellectual nursery, always busy applying first principles to trifles. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Intellect, Morality, Principles, 0 George Santayana
The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don’t understand it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Complexity, Inspiration, Misinterpretation, 0 George Santayana
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
