George Santayana

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, read more

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

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

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