Wisdom Quote by George Santayana — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“With you a part of me hath passed away;”

“The fact of having been born is a bad augury for immortality.”

“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.”

“The worship of power is an old religion.”

“love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.”

“The muffled syllables that Nature speaks”

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.”

“Risk sweetens enterprise,’ he answered, ‘and wit can conquer it.”

“Rules give structure to the process, but wisdom gives life to it. The art lies not in strictness, but in knowing when to adapt.”

“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.”

“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.”