George Santayana Quotes

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.

Nothing could be madder, more irresponsible, more dangerous than this guidance of men by dreams.

He gave the world another world. (Columbus)

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

A man’s feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

The true contrast between science and myth is more nearly touched when we say that science alone is capable of verification.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Intolerance itself is a form of egoism, and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it.

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