Philosophy may describe unreasoning, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.
George SantayanaWhat brings enlightenment is experience, in the sad sense of this word--the pressure of hard facts and unintelligible troubles, making a man rub his eyes in his waking dream, and put two and two together. Enlightenment is cold water.
George SantayanaThat fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.
George Santayana