Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end. George Santayana More Quotes by George Santayana More Quotes From George Santayana The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement to that of real life, though an artificial setting and form. George Santayana theatrerealhistory Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel. George Santayana fixeddignitytravel Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. George Santayana realshareinspirational We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what. George Santayana holidayrunningorder What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak. George Santayana languagehistoricalmen Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself. George Santayana adopteddearfunction Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve. George Santayana naturetimescience Beauty is objectified pleasure. George Santayana pleasurebeauty The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. George Santayana shellsthousand It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. George Santayana saints-and-sinnerseasiersaint The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it. George Santayana atheistinspirationreligious The family is one of nature's masterpieces. George Santayana familybrotherinspirational That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. George Santayana atheismgodfirsts Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. George Santayana buddhistfriendshipmen History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. George Santayana fearlyingpeople The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. George Santayana difficultyeducationideas Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations George Santayana wisdomfunnylong A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. George Santayana 4th-of-julycountryknowledge Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. George Santayana innovationfashionpolitical Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. George Santayana madlaughterhappiness
