Quotes - George Santayana

A man is morally free when, in full possession
of his living humanity, he judges the world, and
judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend,
you should endeavor to understand him.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

Character is the basis of happiness and
happiness the sanction of character.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth
which it takes more or less seriously, proposes
some method of fortifying the human soul and
enabline it to make its peace with its destiny.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your
effort when you have forgotten your aim.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952),
Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, Introduction

Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. On the contrary, in friendship union is more about ideal things: and in that sense it is more ideal and less subject to trouble than marriage is.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Life of Reason (1905) vol. 4, ch. 3