The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. – George Santayana
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption it is not a symbol, but a fraud. – George Santayana
Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana
The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana