Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana
By natures kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a mans power to answer do not occur to him at all. – George Santayana
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. – George Santayana
Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. Rumors circulate around the schoolyard: kids who draw or wear white socks and bring violins to school on Wednesdays might have cooties. I confess to having yielded to these pressures. – Chris Van Allsburg