Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to …

George Santayana
288 citations
Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to seize the truth in its wholeness or at its center. ✨ George Santayana (1968). Santayana on America: Essays, Notes, and Letters on American Life, Literature, and Philosophy
Death Life Philosophy
32

More Author Quotes

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is n … ▶
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. ✨ George Santayana, William G. Holzberger (2002). The Letters of George Santayana, p.192, MIT Press
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him. ✨ The Works of George Santayana.
The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. ✨ George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock … ▶

Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to seize the truth in its wholeness or at its center. ✨ George Santayana (1968). Santayana on America: Essays, Notes, and Letters on American Life, Literature, and Philosophy

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes