To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply, until they remembered what they had heard about astronomy, and the great size and distance and possible habitation of those orbs. ... [We] persuade ourselves that the power of the starry heavens lies in the suggestion of astronomical facts.
George SantayanaThe dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
George SantayanaIt would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility
George Santayana