Columbus found a world, and had no chart save one that Faith deciphered in the skies.
George SantayanaNothing can be lower or more wholly instrumental than the substance and cause of all things.
George SantayanaI believe in the possibility of happiness, if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions, including optimism.
George SantayanaHappiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving, pleasure, or fear. To be happy, you must be reasonable, or you must be tamed. You must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world and what things in it can really serve you. To be happy, you must be wise.
George Santayana