Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.
George SantayanaTo be boosted by an illusion is not to live better than to live in harmony with the truth ... these refusals to part with a decayed illusion are really an infection to the mind.
George SantayanaIt would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility
George SantayanaReligion is the natural reaction of the imagination when confronted by the difficulties in a truculent world.
George Santayana