Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. — George Santayana
Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. — George Santayana
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. — George Santayana
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. — George Santayana
Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. — George Santayana
Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. — George Santayana
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana
That fear first created the Gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. — George Santayana
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. — George Santayana
The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. — George Santayana
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible — George Santayana
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. — George Santayana