Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-12] of 12 George Santayana quotesGeorge Santayana QuotesGeorge Santayana Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.~ George Santayana Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly.~ George Santayana The wisest mind has something yet to learn.~ George Santayana There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.~ George Santayana Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George Santayana Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George Santayana To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.~ George Santayana Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.~ George Santayana Only the dead have seen the end of war.~ George Santayana Skepticism is a discipline fit to purify the mind of prejudice and render it all the more apt, when the time comes, to believe and to act wisely.~ George Santayana When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and reestablish themselves alone.~ George Santayana [I'm too old to] be influenced by newspaper arguments. When I read them I form perhaps a new opinion of the newspaper but seldom a new opinion on the subject discussed.~ George Santayana Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print