George Santayana

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. ”

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. ”

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. ”

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different. ”

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. ”

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. ”

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better. ”

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. ”

Only the dead have seen the end of the war. ”

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. ”