George Santayana Quotes
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
— George Santayana 
Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.
— George Santayana
The same battle in the clouds will be known to the deaf only as lightning and to the blind only as thunder.
— George Santayana
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
— George Santayana
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
— George Santayana
Prejudice is a great time saver. It enables you to form opinions without bothering to get the facts.
— George Santayana
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
— George Santayana
Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
— George Santayana
The profoundest affinities are the most readily felt; they remain a background and standard for all happiness and if we trace them out we succeed.
— George Santayana
Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve.
— George Santayana
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