The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him. — George Santayana
The difficult is that which can be done immediately; the impossible that which takes a little longer. — George Santayana
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. — George Santayana
The mind of the renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients. — George Santayana
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian — George Santayana
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool. — George Santayana
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. — George Santayana
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
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. — George Santayana
Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. — George Santayana
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. — George Santayana
Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.. — George Santayana
A man’s feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. — George Santayana
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight to the blood. — George Santayana
The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular. — George Santayana
Guilt quotes, john philpot curran… everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence. — George Santayana
It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well. — George Santayana