The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye and the understanding.
George SantayanaCatastrophes come when some dominant institution, swollen like a soap-bubble and still standing without foundations, suddenly crumbles at the touch of what may seem a word or idea, but is really some stronger material source.
George SantayanaTo understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic.
George Santayana