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George Santayana Quotes

George Santayana quotes

Spanish Philosopher December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952

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All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our..."
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do,..."
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to..."
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man..."
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation..."
Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative..."
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "The worship of power is an old religion."
The worship of power is an old religion. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have..."
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas..."
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own..."
Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "The wisest man has something yet to learn."
The wisest man has something yet to learn. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts."
Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Wisdom comes by disillusionment."
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of..."
Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. George Santayana

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