Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.
George SantayanaLove is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces into the light of ideal goods.
George SantayanaBefore he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel.
George SantayanaIt would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced by the law, but the other kills honest men who like himself bathe in innocent blood at the bidding of some superior.
George Santayana