Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood.
George SantayanaBid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
George SantayanaPhotography at first was asked to do nothing but embalm our best smiles for the benefit of our friends and our best clothes for the amusement of posterity. Neither thing lasts, and photography came as a welcome salve to keep those precious, if slightly ridiculous, things a little longer in the world.
George SantayanaIt is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.
George SantayanaTowers in a modern town are a frill and a survival; they seem like the raised hands of the various churches, afraid of being overlooked, and saying to the forgetful public, Here I am! Or perhaps they are rival lightning rods, saying to the emanations of divine grace, "Please strike here!
George Santayana