The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. George Santayana Read Quote
Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. George Santayana Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. George Santayana Read Quote
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. George Santayana Read Quote
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. George Santayana Read Quote
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. George Santayana Read Quote
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 Read Quote
