The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Religion2 quotes
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana · 1925What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak. — George Santayana · 1905The human condition2 quotes
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. — George Santayana · 1922Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana · 1925Absurdity of life1 quote
That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. — George Santayana · 1905Atheism1 quote
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. — George Santayana · 1922Dignity1 quote
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana · 1925Doubt and skepticism1 quote
Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer. — George Santayana · 1923Fanaticism1 quote
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. — George Santayana · 1905Grace1 quote
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. — George Santayana · 1925History1 quote
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905Learning from the past1 quote
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905Life1 quote
That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. — George Santayana · 1905Life and death1 quote
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. — George Santayana · 1922Man and the universe1 quote
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. — George Santayana · 1922Meaning of life1 quote
That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. — George Santayana · 1905Nature of war1 quote
Only the dead have seen the end of war. — George Santayana · 1922Overcoming fear1 quote
Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, overcome. — George Santayana · 1910Self-hatred1 quote
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. — George Santayana · 1910The Bible1 quote
The Bible is literature, not dogma. — George Santayana · 1910The past1 quote
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905The supernatural1 quote
There is nothing impossible, therefore, in the existence of the supernatural: its existence seems to me decidedly probable; there is infinite room for it on every side. — George Santayana · 1931