George Santayana
(6 Dec 1863 - 26 Sep 1952)

Spanish philosopher and writer of essays, poems, and a novel who is regarded as one of the most important thinkers of his era.

Science Quotes by George Santayana (3)

Depression is rage spread thin.
— George Santayana
In Ashton Applewhite, William R. Evans and Andrew Frothingham, And I Quote (2003)
See also:  |  Depression (4)

Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve.
— George Santayana
Soliloquies in England (1937), 18.
See also:  |  Nature (255)  |  Permanence (3)  |  Repetition (5)

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations.
— George Santayana
Little Essays (1920, 2008), 106.
See also:  |  Evolution (237)  |  Nation (15)  |  Person (5)


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