It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.
George SantayanaKnowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.
George SantayanaThat fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.
George SantayanaWe need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.
George Santayana