Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality. George Santayana More Quotes by George Santayana More Quotes From George Santayana Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. George Santayana lightheartthinking Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. George Santayana emotional-lifeweaknessemotional The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool. George Santayana savageslaughingmen Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it. George Santayana sacrifice-for-othersmaking-sacrificessacrifice The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. George Santayana get-wellbodymind A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world. George Santayana soullongworld Existence is a miracle, and, morally considered, a free gift from moment to moment. George Santayana free-giftsmiraclemoments My soul hates the fool whose only passion is to live by rule. George Santayana passionhatesoul The theater, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history. George Santayana artificetheater Columbus gave the world another world. George Santayana columbusanother-worldworld By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all. George Santayana questions-and-answersnaturemen Music is essentially useless, as is life. George Santayana musicianmusicuseless The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence. George Santayana disciplinemenart Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition. George Santayana intuitioncriticismreal Chaos is perhaps at the bottom of everything. George Santayana bottomchaos Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life. George Santayana harmonyenvironmentbeauty I love moving water, I love ships, I love the sharp definition, the concentrated humanity, the sublime solitude of life at sea. The dangers of it only make present to us the peril inherent in all existence, which the stupid, ignorant, un-travelled land-worm never discovers; and the art of it, so mathematical, so exact, so rewarding to intelligence, appeals to courage and clears the mind of superstition, while filling it with humility and true religion. George Santayana stupidartmoving Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards. George Santayana speechmenlong Lovely promise and quick ruin are seen nowhere better than in Gothic architecture. George Santayana ruinslovelypromise A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present. George Santayana changememoriesart
