Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
George SantayanaIn any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and supersede such as are local or delegated.
George SantayanaThe habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it demands.
George Santayana