George Santayana

Philosopher

286 Quotes

Kebiasaan seseorang lebih meyakinkan daripada argumentasi yang dia kemukakan.

Filosofi dari para pria umumnya adalah istri tua yang tidak memberinya kesenangan, namun ia tidak bisa hidup tanpanya, dan membenci aspirasi yang mungkin dilontarkan orang asing pada karakternya.

Yang sulit adalah apa yang bisa dilakukan dengan segera; yang Mustahil yang membutuhkan waktu sedikit lebih lama.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

Doa, di antara orang-orang waras, tidak pernah menggantikan upaya praktis untuk mengamankan tujuan yang diinginkan.

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

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