Quotes - George Santayana

A man's feet should be planted in his country,
but his eyes should survey the world.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

The lover knows much more about absolute good and
universal beauty than any logician or theologian,
unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

The need of exercise is a modern
superstition, invented by people
who ate too much and had nothing
to think about.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved,
and it makes free those who have loved it.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952),
Little Essays (1920) "Ideal Immortality"

The world is not respectable; it is mortal,
tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it
is shot through with beauty, with love, with
glints of courage and laughter; and in these,
the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to
the light amid the thorns.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)