Quotes by Santayana, George

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to s >>

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no plea >>

The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense >>

Quotations about Reason

Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain >>

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated s >>

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as >>

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

Santayana, George