Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. George Santayana More Quotes by George Santayana More Quotes From George Santayana Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. George Santayana free-speech dignity internet Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. George Santayana advertising argument religion To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. George Santayana conditions inspired inspirational For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. George Santayana adversity fire men To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. George Santayana arrogant history blood Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. George Santayana effort prayer people The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients. George Santayana renaissance cities mind Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. George Santayana tyrants instruments care The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. George Santayana impulse use conversation The Bible is literature, not dogma. George Santayana hygiene religious bible The pint would call the quart a dualist, if you tried to pour the quart into him. George Santayana pints ifs Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome. George Santayana selfish overcoming men Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better. George Santayana charity good-things fun Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. George Santayana achievement creative action In Greece wise men speak and fools decide. George Santayana wise talking men The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. George Santayana wisdom beauty love The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him. George Santayana disease health men To be boosted by an illusion is not to live better than to live in harmony with the truth ... these refusals to part with a decayed illusion are really an infection to the mind. George Santayana illusion harmony mind Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana intolerance form share O world, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is wisdom to believe the heart. Columbus found a world, and had no chart, Save one that faith deciphered in the skies; To trust the soul's invincible surmise Was all his science and his only art. George Santayana wise believe art
