Quotes by Santayana, George

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; childre >>

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human >>

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially >>

Quotations about Progress

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but >>

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Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual.

Santayana, George