Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes.
George SantayanaOne of the peculiarities of recent speculation, especially in America, is that ideas are abandoned in virtue of a mere change of feeling, without any new evidence or new arguments. We do not nowadays refute our predecessors, we pleasantly bid them good-bye.
George SantayanaLet a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.
George Santayana