The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. George Santayana More Quotes by George Santayana More Quotes From George Santayana There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with. George Santayana sympathy It is wisdom to believe the heart. George Santayana heartbelieve History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. George Santayana writing-historyhistorianneeds Our character ... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be. George Santayana armyintegritycharacter The highest form of vanity is love of fame. George Santayana reputationvanityfame Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him. George Santayana inspirationalmenfunny To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. George Santayana remembrancepositivewar Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. George Santayana conclusiondrawsexperience One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. George Santayana motivationalfriendshiplife A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. George Santayana determinationhappyhappiness Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said. George Santayana self-esteembeautymean The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again George Santayana boundsdoeremember The muffled syllables that Nature speaks Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a sweeter music than is heard. George Santayana longingspeakspirit I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. George Santayana aggravationbeautifullife There is nothing impossible in the existence of the supernatural: its existence seems to me decidedly probable. George Santayana existenceseemsimpossible It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. George Santayana simplephilosophyfacts It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. George Santayana kindnessfootballart Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited. George Santayana nonsensecommon-senseinspirational Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood. George Santayana causesmiraclereligion The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. George Santayana dreamerknowsdream
