The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.
George SantayanaThe dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
George SantayanaIt is characteristic of spontaneous friendship to take on first, without enquiry and almost at first sight, the unseen doings and unspoken sentiments of our friends; the parts known give us evidence enough that the unknown parts cannot be much amiss.
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