The Universe, so far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense …

George Santayana
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The Universe, so far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine; its extent, its order, its beauty, its cruelty, makes it alike impressive. ✨ George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2014). The Life of Reason Or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Religion, Volume VII, Book Three, p.114, MIT Press
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Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves. ✨ George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings, p.321, Indiana Unive … ▶
The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ✨ George Santayana (1950). Atoms of Thought: An Anthology of Thoughts
Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise. ✨ The Works of George Santayana.

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